Woke up this morning (for the second time; the first time was at 1am after I fell asleep on the couch a few minutes into Heroes last night) to find a baby guppy in the two gallon tank – there may be more; this one beat fins for the big clump of moss once the […]

Nana and Catherine sharing a hearty laugh, or yawn, or something: People should really know better than to have me take a picture – I’m really, really awful

I continue to wait, with a scratch in my throat and lungs full of phlegm. Beyond the crud in my system, the weekend was nice, with Nana and Pap Pap coming down to visit. The timing was rather fortuitious, as Catherine just this week figured out how smiling is supposed to work – really made […]

In my desperation for something to read this week after knocking out Laurie King’s third Mary Russell story, I spent a few minutes sifting through the large, often precariously-stacked book piles scattered throughout my house, and discovered something I had no idea we actually had. I know I certainly didn’t purchase it, and I’m pretty […]

There’s really no need to explain… “Go Cry on Someone Else’s Shoulder” – The Mothers of Invention “Midnight Snack” – The Donnas “You Don’t Love Me Any More” – “Weird” Al Yankovic “She’s A Sleestak” – Nerf Herder “Goodbye” – Clarks “The Waiting” – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers “Not a Pretty Girl” – Ani […]

note: chuck is typing left handed; please be patient and forgiving! Surgery seems to have gone well; a couple of screws, no apparent complications.  Anesthesia didn’t have me throwing up, but has been hell on the sinuses (but then my sinuses are always sort of hellish, so no real change there).  There’s some pain, but […]

The last thing I expected to witness this weekend was a brutal murder. While out taking care of the shopping and whatnot Saturday afternoon (this trip involved trying to find baklava for Mary’s “Wednesday afternoon, we dine…In Hell!” greek festival at school this week), I popped into one of the local pet shops as I […]

blah blah mp3 player, blah blah post… “european swallow” – the refreshments “ironic (live)” – Alanis Morrissette “as long as I’m singin’” – the brian setzer orchestra “red dirt girl” – emmylou harris “everything had changed” – barenaked ladies “the statue got me high” – they might be giants “eruption” – van halen “big tall […]

okay, Nana, you were asking for pictures of the baby; here’s the little eight and a half pounder (according to the pediatrician today) in her little pink penguin outfit: Six weeks old and already evangelizing for the open source community. And look, I’m typing with eight fingers – diagnosis change on the arm; might have […]

My last post ended singing the praises of the live-action Japanese Spider-Man tv show. I believe I mentioned the machine gun guitar cowboy? And didn’t post a link to this wonder of 70s television? Well, click here. With that bit of business out of the way… Not sure how I feel about the week…when I […]