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Johnny Sweatpants
I am home safe and sane following the best Christmas in memory. Opening presents has never been so cathartic ( Read more... ) -
Cold in the Morning
On a day exactly like today in a town identical to Middleton, a little old lady got into her great big car and coasted to the grocery store. It was just herself these days, now that Bud had joined the great strip poker game in the sky. She only needed a few items to bake some treats for the neighborhood children at Christmas. The grocery store was ( Read more... ) -
Mularky McCarthy
It has been quite a year. As we near the end of it, my thoughts are drifting to how the year's events will effect next year's resolutions. What were my resolutions for this year, anyway? Here's a journal entry on 12/31/06:
"Thirteen minutes until the new year. I'd like to get castlebruget.com started, or babyteeth.net or whatever is available. I ( Read more... ) -
the TRUTH part two
Frasier: At Cornell University they have an incredible piece of scientific equipment known as the Tunneling Electron Microscope. If I were using that microscope right now, I still wouldn't be able to locate my interest in your problem ( Read more... ) -
the TRUTH part one
I had a beer at the show tonight and it put me in an angry mood. I'm now quite sure that alcohol was indeed correctly identified as a depressant. Decades ago. Ahem ( Read more... ) -
A Slighty Baby Teeth Thanksgiving
I was going to let it slide, but I like having entries on holidays. They are signposts I will appreciate in a few years when I can't remember a damn thing ( Read more... ) -
You swear there's a cure, and you have finally found it. - A.M.
I've got to get this out quick, like popping a balloon filled with jelly beans. I just got home from courtside seats for the Badgers blowing out Florida A&M. God bless those A&M boys, I'm sure they're really good at other things. MB and I were quoting Seinfeld all night. After about ten minutes of the same tired drumbeats from four different ( Read more... ) -
Birds, Bees, and String Cheese
Sometimes I worry if I have a daughter she will become a porn star. Something my mother said when I was very young proved surprisingly formative. She told me she didn't like the thought of her daughter doing porn, and all those girls were somebody's daughter. I agreed with her, but that of course did not stop me from looking. The argument became ( Read more... ) -
Chickenwire
I've been listening to the Beastie Boys' So What'cha Want on walks lately. No surprise, I'm appreciating it more now than I did when I was nine years old. I had it blasting at an unhealthy level when I arrived at the top of the big hill of the Middleton conservancy. I took some pictures, but I hate photography. Here's the best view of the capitol ( Read more... )
