"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Garden, Imports from old blogs, Photo entries on Apr 7th, 2005
Can you think of any good and logical reason why I should not plant miscellaneous pumpkins and fancy squash in my front yard? The foliage is pretty, the flowers are dramatic, and squash are cool. Plus, they’re like the ultimate groundcover. Just a couple of plants will take care of most of that pesky area […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Imports from old blogs on Apr 4th, 2005
I went to the emergency room last night for the first time in 15 years. Last time I saw the inside of an E.R., I’d sliced the palm of my hand wide open while helping to heft an empty stock-tank over a barbed wire fence. Well, last night wasn’t anything so cool or gory. No […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Mar 29th, 2005
I read a lot of blogs, some very regularly, some sporadically, and a lot of my regular reads have been publicized pretty widely under the label Mommy-Blogs lately. Dooce. Mimi Smartypants. Suburban Bliss. Finslippy. Fussy. I love 'em. Good writing, lots of humor, and a better insight into what pregnancy and parenting is really like […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Mar 28th, 2005
Some boyband covering Def Leppard Must be seen to be believed. Terrible lip-synching and a LOT of hair gel. Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy Crap! Duuuuuuuude. And it is SO AWESOME! Edited 1-3-08 – learned it was a parody video – doesn’t diminish absolutely wrong-headed awesomeness.
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Mar 22nd, 2005
So the “Travels of Ohthere” read basically like a D&D adventure. Mysterious man of means shows up at the royal court bearing a large stash of exotic loot and wild tales of distant lands and uncanny men and beasts. Click the link to here my fucked-up Old English reading of the intro to Ohthere’s debriefing […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Utter Silliness on Mar 21st, 2005
So, my 10-year highschool reunion is fast upon me. *yay* *boo* *hiss* *snore* *chortle* *puke* I’m not going, because I don’t want to, and because I’m spending all my vacation time in April to go visit my grandparents in California, whom I actually enjoy spending time around. Weigh spending time with people I love in […]
Posted in Home Improvements, Imports from old blogs, Lists, Recommendations on Mar 20th, 2005
1. Steam Boy Rocked. I’m not going to spoiler this movie for anyone, I will just say that it was everything a family movie ought to be. Lots of adventure, excellent animation, cool fantastical inventions, lots of “wow-factor.” I actually felt myself burst into a big grin, and had to forceably restrain myself from applauding […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Photo entries, Super-Short Entries, Utter Silliness on Mar 17th, 2005
A Viking, drinking beer. * *Photo of an unknown Viking at Dragon*Con ’04 in Atlanta, GA.
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Distractions, Imports from old blogs, Oh, for fuck's sake, Utter Silliness on Mar 16th, 2005
So, I suddenly came down with a cold. Basically, Monday afternoon, around 3:00, I started feeling kinda raggedy. Stayed home sick today (Tuesday) and all indications are that I’ll be home sick tomorrow, considering that I can’t sleep and have been coughing so hard I almost puked. Anyway, on to brighter things. Thanks to the […]
Posted in Home Improvements, Imports from old blogs on Mar 12th, 2005
And on a similar tack, have you ever awakened and said, “Ah, today’s a good day to demolish the garage!” (a note about the garage–it was a carport that some wiseguy decided to enclose with cheapass chipboard sheathing, which quickly fell prey to the elements, including termites.) The garage and the back step were heavily […]