Deep in the bowels of this establishment, there exists a vending machine that, long after all the other vending machines upped their prices, continued to dispense cool, refreshing Coca-Cola products at the bargain price of one dollar.  Being the cheapskate that I am, I would often take a long walk out of my way in […]

some moron script kiddie trashed the guest book last night, so I had to rebuild it.  All the entries are gone. Who am I kidding, there were only  three anyway, and one of them was me.  It really doesn’t matter a whole lot.  If you signed it, your comment is gone, so feel free to […]

It was as if an occult hand had reached down from above and surreptitiously adjusted my alarm clock ahead twelve hours. An occult hand, perhaps, but more likely, it was a bored former occupant of my hotel room having a bit of a laugh at my non-observant expense. Damn the lack of standards which exist […]

It took quite a bit of time to get home from DC yesterday, what with the whole precipitation business. I’m not sure what it looks like now, but As I was leaving the office yesterday around lunchtime, it looked something like this: Needless to say, driving home wasn’t pleasant. About four hours of me, a […]

That’s it, a complete literal reading of the headline. No deep dark secrets, no intrigue, no symbolism, nor Eminem. Just a whole bunch of clothes that I no longer care to wear, or don’t fit any longer, getting put into bags and hauled off to the Goodwill Industries donation center. That, my dear readers, was […]

…and I’m not happy about it. How’s your Friday shaping up? “32 Flavors” – Ani Difranco “I’m Not Sleeping” – Tiffany “Fightin’ on the Same Side” – The Hooters “Elena on the Wall” – Pete Palladino “Commando” – The Ramones “Heaven Tonight” – Yngwie J. Malmsteen “Iowa” – Dar Williams “She’s On Time” – Barenaked […]

There’s a certain danger to meeting the wife and baby for lunch in the middle of a big steaming pile of a work week.   That danger is the pressing temptation to just simply not go back to the office and hang out with these two pleasing individuals for the rest of the afternoon.  Today, I […]

Wednesday. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Usually, our household goes non-traditional for the big feast, with reasonably good results (last year’s duck was excellent). This year, I was leaning toward something a little different – lamb or something; but the kids voiced their opinion for tradition. So, for the first time in years, I’m making a turkey. […]

you know the drill… Actually a pretty standard selection this week, including the one song I can confidently play on the mandolin (guess which one…if you dare), plus a couple of oddballs…. I mean, who has a copy of Michelle Pfeiffer singing lustily about Maxwell “Say No More, Mon Amour” Caulfield while she humps a […]

I am very tired. We were way too busy this weekend (well, okay, too busy Saturday). The baby keeping me up past two am didn’t help either. Luckily, I have a nice wife who lets me sleep in occasionally while she gets showered with baby gifts. I am going to bed early tonight. I think […]