the smoking ban bill was amended yesterday. now it only is banned in places that employ or serve anyone under 18, which is sure to pass both the house (which it did today) and the senate (tomorrow). Hooray! our bars and poolhalls are safe from stupidity of government regulation again!

I hadn't realized it all these years that mr mookie lived here and owned the neighborhood, but he apparently also had a profound impact upon the local songbird population. I see this clearly now due to two recent incursions in the last week ( Read more... )

well, mizou gave uconn all they could handle, but in the end it just wasn't enough. so sad. now, let's see if pitt can be beaten, shall we?

I am so saddened to had to watch duke and memphis get their asses handed to them. Both of them were predicted to be final four teams, and now, well, they just blow! The only thiing that would make this better would be if 'nova would make it to the final four. they defeated my beloved UCLA and then cleaned duke's clock. so, in some ways, having lost ( Read more... )

it has been advertised that my favorite living musician is playing the koka booth ampitheater in Cary in early june. That's correct - Elvis Costello is coming to town.

But, I hate going to shows all alone, plus I have no car anymore. So, I'm seeking someone to go to the show with me. I know, good luck with that one.

I've been sitting on my back deck in a t-shirt reading the newspaper. it was quite nice, and I hope for more mornings like it in the future ( Read more... )

OK, I wouldn't have expected that. Just talking about the last episode (?) of Battlestar Galactica. It was certainly full of surprises, not least among them the sheer number of spinoff shows that are apparently going to come. But, really, Gaius becomes a good guy, and #6 has always been a good girl. I wouldn't have thunk that. certainly, it was ( Read more... )

much more basketball, beer 'n chips ahoy! and I really ought to bring the tv out to the back deck to enjoy both the weather and the basketball together. Oh well.

Happy first day of Spring, ya'll!

go Terps! Beat Cal!

hahahaha! florida state just beat the tar heels, the #1 team in the country. Sure, they were playing without one of their stars, and sure they are guaranteed to be in the NCAA tourney, but still, they LOST!