If you haven’t already, take a few minutes and read Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Bailing out of 2008. My favorite quote: John McCain, still searching for the perfect running mate, tells his top aides in a conference call that he wants ”someone who is capable of filling my shoes.” Unfortunately, he is speaking intoContinue reading “2008 — Maybe We Shouldn't Look Back”
Monthly Archives: December 2008
2008 — Maybe We Shouldn’t Look Back
If you haven’t already, take a few minutes and read Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Bailing out of 2008. My favorite quote: John McCain, still searching for the perfect running mate, tells his top aides in a conference call that he wants ”someone who is capable of filling my shoes.” Unfortunately, he is speaking intoContinue reading “2008 — Maybe We Shouldn’t Look Back”
Think you know how to tie your shoe?
My brother, a runner, sent me the link to the video for proper shoe tying. Who knew? Learn about the reef and granny knots here.
Merry Christmas 2
What’s Christmas without Frank Capra’s It’s A Wonderful Life? Here’s the long lost other ending. They don’t make them like George Bailey anymore, do they?
Merry Christmas
Mt Home State Forest, So. Sierra Nevada I’ve always liked the looks of young-growth giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum). See the tree to the right of the specimen-sized giant sequoia tree in the foreground? It looks like perfect Christmas tree. Toss on the lights and ornaments. May your Christmas be nearly perfect. Don’t forget to bakeContinue reading “Merry Christmas”
Our Bookshelves, Ourselves
My dad built this bookcase before I can remember. It’s in many of the photos where I’m less than a year old, making it more or less sixty. He fastened the pieces together with finish nails. The bookcase is now half as tall as it used to be. I inherited the bottom half and myContinue reading “Our Bookshelves, Ourselves”
WordPress 2.7
I checked my blog this morning. WTF? All my posts since my upgrade to version 2.7 of Word Press have evaporated!?! Call out the hounds. Get Colombo. To the Batmobile, Alfred.
Swedish Coffee Braid Bread
This Swedish Coffee Braid was a Christmas tradition in my family. Mom would make many batches, store them in the freezer — drying the hell out of the bread, necessitating coffee to simply return moisture to your mouth — and then pass loaves out to neighbors as presents. My mom learned this recipe from myContinue reading “Swedish Coffee Braid Bread”
Twilight Deconstructed
Okay, we’ve had our joke and poked fun at Stephenie Myer’s Twilight . Well, like the da Vinci Code, it works. Theories? Eve Porinchak over at The Disco Mermaids deconstructs Twilight. It’s all about tapping emotions, isn’t it?
Parodies Loosed
I found a link to a spoof of Twilight at Editorial Ass. It is hilarious. I forget how I came across this spoof of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows with its mega-spoilers but it too is great (and teeming with text speak LOL). I have found a site for Shakespeare parodies, such as ScotsContinue reading “Parodies Loosed”
Nullius in Verba 