At two minutes and three seconds after one o'clock tomorrow it will be:

01:02:03 04/05/06

From Sari's MySpace bulletin...

10. When you snuck out of your house for the first time, who was it with? I don't really remember. But I point to Linda.

Do tell!  Seriously...

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day...

Studying the experimentally induced intoxicated behavior of
ants in 1888, naturalist John Lubbock noticed that the
insects that had too much to drink were picked up by nest
mates and carried home. Conversely, drunken strangers were
summarily tossed in a ditch.

The familiar Bass symbol, a red triangle, was ( Read more... )

The Bridge Builder

by

William (Will Anne) Drumgoole

An old man traveling a lone highway

Came the evening cold and gray.

To a chasm that was vast and deep and wide

Through which was flowing a solemn tide.

The old man, full of vigor and vim,

Crossing eased in the twighlight dim.

But he turned, when safe on the other side

And built a bridge ( Read more... )

Shamelessly reprinted from FridayFive ( Read more... )

I was the recipient of a pretty cool phone call yesterday.  My nephew Richard called, just to say "hi".  I love it.  We only talked for a few minutes, but he was telling me that he got a new tattoo.  His second one.  It's a Tlingit/Haida design though I didn't ask of what.  I asked him to send me some pics via email.  He's going to visit Nicole and ( Read more... )

http://www.ringophone.com/TallOrNot.swf

Needing a man is like needing a parachute. If he isn't there
the first time you need him, chances are you won't be needing
him again.

( This got longer than I expected )

My sister died this weekend. As her sister, I should have done a better job of taking care of her. Mom always told us. She'd say "You guys are all the family you have. Your brothers and sisters are your friends for life. Take care of each other ( Read more... )