I like reading a lot. And I really like reading series of books. Also, I think it's gross that that word is both singular and plural, but I digress ( Read more... )

Okay, so I'm not actually Grossberging, in that I've actually looked a bit myself and even made a phonecall, but I'd still like to see if anyone has any suggestions ( Read more... )

I recently closed my Wells Fargo checking account and was going through all of my other accounts and wound up shopping for a better plan with my electric company -- TXU ( Read more... )

So, the other day a former football coach for a Denton private school was killed in a motorcycle accident. He was riding without a helmet, crashed his motorcycle, and died. There was a story about it in the Denton paper, and naturally there were a lot of comments on the story ( Read more... )

I drink tea every day since I was five. I got the fever from my granddad who had his tea with milk and I don’t like milk with my tea, at least back then I did not. I don’t like that channeling my best imitation of my mom but back then I preferred my tea with lemon. Yeah I was a sour kid or was I so sweet that I needed lemon to balance my mood? You ( Read more... )

So, so glad this guy is back in the news. I was getting bored with all of this "stuff" that "matters" taking up valuable media time. Finally, we get to focus on the mayoral race of a city that the vast majority of us don't live in ( Read more... )

This came from a dream (sorry Ren, but keep reading) I had last night. It's American Idol for the PBS set -- instead of teenagers glurging out popular songs, it's a hardcore throwndown of classical musicians fighting for a grand prize of $250,000. In the dream, the name of the show was "Coin", but I am open to better suggestions. Also in the ( Read more... )

Okay, I read a while back on boingboing (I think) about using dried apples to make whiskey "smoother". I got home from the casino early today (subtle brag) and decided to start a project where I infuse whiskey with various dried fruit flavors.


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There have been some visitors to my area lately. The first one, which was more amusing than alien, was the licence plate message thingy declaring, "Not just boys can have bad-ass toys!" Which is true, but your Mitsubishi Lancer doesn't seem like the most perfect example, lady ( Read more... )

Yay! I am going this year! Sadly, the wifeling can't make it, but I will be there Tuesday night- Sunday afternoon. I really look forward to seeing all of you, and I will miss the ones of you who can't make it.