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Why my life is not like a sitcom
Smoky! Despite all indications to the contrary, that is. So you first have to know I have a long-range, air-powered water shooter. I had a pigeon problem on the fire escape outside my bedroom window and on the A/C, and for the most part they're now gone. No humans were harmed in the removal of…
Read MoreA dusting from the Sandman
Well, The Sandman's creator, anyway. Mike and I went to a screening of "Stardust" on Monday night, and it was darling, with lots of "Princess Bride" touches and some lovely twists in the storytelling that — as Mike points out here in his review — are clearly from the mind of Neil Gaiman, who wrote…
Read MoreGotta have the sweet stuff
Has there been some kind of undeclared shortage of chocolate out there? Because while the squirrel who couldn't help himself was cute and prompted me to make a LOLsquirrel for Noralita … LOLSquirrel … I'm not sure what to say about Catherine Anne Delgado, of my home state, who couldn't seem to help herself either:…
Read MoreThe refrigerator thief strikes! News at 11!
More antics from the work kitchen. (Earlier events here. And here.) Bear in mind that for the most part, there are no chronological children anywhere in reach, and that our floor takes up a full city block of people. I noticed this attention-grabber this morning (light text only) then came back for a snack later…
Read MoreIt’s not what you say, it’s how you say it
A little headline fun for the day. I came across this teaser headline (the first one): Piercing revelation And initially, I was thinking, "Damn, they've got a knife-shooting gun out there in Sacramento!" So I clicked over. Not nearly as exciting. Then I came across this gem: Robots After reading that headline I just had…
Read MoreI’ve had dreams like this before…
You know the one, where you have an enormous supply of Good Stuff to choose from and can take all you want and they keep on bringing out more and you can't seem to get to the bottom of the pile? Yeah, those. I had that this morning in real life: Billboard, one of our…
Read MoreI can’t turn my head for one minute….
Jesus Christ, I'm gone for a week and I lose another set of civil rights I apparently wasn't using anyway. The order empowers Treasury, in consultation with the State and Defense Departments, to target those individuals or organizations that either "have committed, or … pose a significant risk of committing" acts of violence with the…
Read MoreFall down, go boom
Rocky Mtn. High Home again. From the land of the low oxygen, the high peaks, the endless ascent and descent, I have returned — intact! Blister-free! Oh, yes, there will be photos. For now, a teaser above. I got a second wind and unpacked this evening, got a third and went through at least some…
Read MoreTwo observations
Mets No. 1 Altitude-sickness-prevention drugs (Acetazolamid, to be specific), if consumed widely, could kill the soda industry. I've been on them for two days (off to Colorado and 10,000 feet tomorrow) and Coke and Pepsi products now have a terrible, metallic taste. Lord knows where I'll get my caffeine fix now. (Not from coffee, thank…
Read MoreTee Vee Update
For those keeping score, I'll be heavily-makeuped and shooting out radiation sparks from ye olde MSNBC tomorrow morning, sometime between 9 and 9:30 am ET. We will be discussing the weightiest of issues: Harry Potter.
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