Late this afternoon, I got a visit from the electrician. Or he could've just been a random guy with a duffel bag & some tools, if I hadn't seen him around the premises previously. The pullchain of my bathroom light fixture had broken off. So he was here to respond to my maintenance request ... from over a month ago ( Read more... )

At the reunion, many people asked if I was on facebook. And after some searching, I found many who are on it ... and I think it'd be fun to reconnect with some of them again. Quite a few other friends are on there as well, many of whom I don't keep in touch with as often as I should. So I've been seriously considering joining ( Read more... )

The old Outback Steakhouse slogan came to mind for this post. Because one of my other pet peeves are stoplightsIt's always annoyed me how we're supposed to stop and wait, even when there's no cross-traffic, especially at 3 in the morning. With conservatives so worried about foreign oil dependency, and liberals so worried about pollution, you'd ( Read more... )

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LMAO!

Yeah, this young lady needed to be put in her place: you only have First Amendment rights when your congress-scumbag says you do.

It's time for a pet peeve. Of them all, this is the one that irritates me most often. In fact, I can't believe I've never ranted about it here before.

WHY IN THE WORLD do businesses still refuse to price their products in even numbers?!

Switch to Qwest High-Speed Internet, only $19.99 a month ... The Ginsu 36-Piece Knife Set, $24.99 ... the ( Read more... )

To borrow some baseball lingo, I pulled off a double play. I managed to thumb my nose at both pillars of authority this month.

( the Church )

After dancing up a storm at GZ -- I haven't worked up a sweat there in years, it's like another world when DJ Panic is away -- I really had a taste for some scrambled eggs and toast. And coffee. So we decided to head to the Uptown Diner on Hennepin. They're normally open after bartime ( Read more... )

It's a story about rags-to-riches. It's story about lost love. It's a story about an alien culture. It's a window into India that's probably more accurate than has ever been portrayed ... and a nice change from the usual litany of Euro-centric films. So you thought you had an "adventurous" childhood. And you just don't know how it's going to ( Read more... )

I was not among the throngs who were out Obamagasming today. But I think this cartoon is pretty good.


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Sheesh, all the crap on TV has been enough for two lifetimes. The mute button on my remote has been getting a workout. So this time around I've been rather quiet about this biannual American circus, the election season.

You're welcome.

But tonight, I have two words ... DEAN BARKLEYIt sure would be nice to have someone in the Senate who is a ( Read more... )