I’m not sure where it fits in the complaint continuum presented previously: I kind of hate when mail/etc. is addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Husbandname Lastname. To me, this seems demeaning to the wife half of that equation. I understand that marriage grew out of a patriarchal tradition wherein women were essentially sold off as […]
Not particularly significant traditionally (the greeting card/engraving shop cartels say I’m supposed to give the gift of steel) or numerically (it’s a prime number, but not much else). And, in our case, it’s not even particularly correct. We’ve really been a collective entity for more like 16.52 years, assuming my math is right. The ceremony […]
A little heavy on the 90s “alternative” this week; well heavier than usual. Swap out a few of these for Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr and RHCP, you’ve got my little brother’s high school CD collection (“CDs? bah! We had our music on cassette tapes, and we liked it!”). “Cannonball” – The Breeders “Black Wave/Bad Vibrations” – […]
Let’s ignore for the moment that this morning’s first few hours involved a snow shovel shattering upon first impact with the ice, and my subsequent inability to get either car out of the driveway. We’ll further ignore the fact that I fell on my ass while trying to push the fleet car across the ice […]
While going through some boxes a few months back, I stumbled upon a couple of twenty-odd year-old back issues of Analog magazine that I’d kept from my Dad’s stuff. When I was a dorky teenager, I loved digging through these paperbound wonders on Dad’s shelves, reading the stories, scouring the old adverts for mostly defunct […]
…from laughing, friends, from laughing. Take a few minutes to enjoy this little retro-style game I found, but Don’t Shit Your Pants! _______________________ And by the way, the show last night was, shall we say….awesome? Indeed, we shall. At one point, however, Colleen and I were ready to cover our ears and do the whole […]
