Yesterday I was seized by the urge to go to In & Out. I got a "protein wrap" burger with fries. It is a pretty good place for a gluten sensitive like myself ( Read more... )

Just got the strangest email:

Subject: FW: October 4-6
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:25:51 -0400
From: "Moffit, Bob"
To: Nancy ( Read more... )

I was thinking on the way to work today about how we say "pass on" or "pass away" in place of the word "die". Of course, I'm reflecting on this as I'm imagining myself talking to my Mother's friends as I tell them about her... err... death ( Read more... )

Ok, found this news item today about somehow a very complimentary poem about GWB got into a Pakistani text book. Be sure to read it! There's a secret message ( Read more... )

Well, I've had my new car for about 6 months and STILL haven't gotten around to selling my old saturn. So, I had to jump start the battery on the old car yet again and I vowed to REALLY sell it this time. I went out and washed the many, many months of dust and dirt off the exterior and decided the only way I'd ever sell this car is to force ( Read more... )

A really good column: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/07/AR2005090702134.html

It's about John Roberts, and people in general, being too privileged to really know and understand all the people.

My Mom and I are sharing the cost for a subscription to Ancestry.com so I can research our family background. My Dad's side is easy because apparently someone has already done this. We can trace back to our ancestor from scotland. My Mom's side... not easy! I'm looking for my Great-Grandfather, George Harrison Crego. Don't know exactly when he ( Read more... )

I have discovered gunpowder and Leonardo Da Vinci has set up a workshop in Bombay ( Read more... )

Alas, Rama did not hear my prayers. Or did I forget to pray? I have forgotten... Many elephants took fright from the flapping and waving of my black and gold lame loin cloth and my frantic itching in the nether realms. They stampeded and flattened a small Korean Village. But perhaps Rama did hear my prayers. A delegation from Korea came to ( Read more... )

Alas, the laundry has given me someone elses loin covering. This one is black with gold lame. It itches terribly. I have sent many official protests to Korea but they do not respond. I will have the army move the Elephant brigade near to the border. If Rama wills it none of the elephants will stampede into Korea.