One of my least favorite banner ads is the lipitor ad that comes up on msn.com. the one that says, "introducing dr. jarvik." it has a smugness that i can't stand, even discounting the clear similarity to mr. grbec. (see dr. octagon's 3,000 year old uncle. you know the one who is halfsharkalligatorhalfmanhalfmanhalfshark). the ad seems to say, ( Read more... )

whoa -- back from vacation. i took four of the last five workdays off. we left for uptate on wednesday. it was cool -- we hung out in canandaigua for two days and then in roch central for two days ( Read more... )

whoa -- summer vacation indeed. a hiatus. but now i'm back, and i can really shake 'em down ( Read more... )

whoa -- in no order ( Read more... )

phew. i'm really trying to make a concerted effort to stay calm. it takes a lot. but these things help: libbeth, good coffee, baseball, the new york times, and lifetime's "hello bastards." i'm just high-strung that's all. rooserbow, last weekend, during an impromptu visit, leaving the neptune diner after brunch said that, "i worry about how ( Read more... )

first, before i get to dairy river, it is april fool's day. best april fools day ever was sophmore year in college when we both 1) filled the bathroom with balloons at like 5 in the morning (we tried to be as quiet as possible but still managed in waking everybody up as we transferred them from dwyer's room to the bathroom) and 2) getting fish- ( Read more... )

i hear spring really is coming. we had a spate of nice weather a couple of weeks ago and it was glorious. then it got cold again. but with buds actually on the trees, i believe it this time. this spring/summer i am going to wander wander wander around the city, shipspotting, keeping the windows open, actually using our rooftop observation deck ( Read more... )

my fiddle arrived yesterday. i realized that i can't even play a note. its not like you can take it out and start playing. i found out you first need to tighten the hair on the bow and then apply rosin to it. who knew. so i went out to sam ash to get rosin. i thought i was ready. then i tried to tune it. it just won't stay -- it has wooden ( Read more... )

i bought a fiddle. is the coyote lose in central park a coincidence? did we put it there? an auspicious start for the tumbleweeds ( Read more... )

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