"When I do not want to say things in real life I often say them here." — Mimi Smartypants
I went to the library earlier today and found the entrance area crowded with parents and small children. I wondered, for a minute, if the library was holding a fire drill, but I was able to squeeze through the kids and get inside, where I checked out a book they were holding for me. By […]
Damn, it’s hot. I feel the need to be outdoors, doing outside things and working the old body … but damn, it’s hot. And I hear it’s hot everywhere, so I can’t claim any special exemption for living in Arizona. Still, I fished a tarantula out of the pool yesterday, and that’s an Arizona thing. […]
“When you get upset, when you get mad, you turn red, right? When you get envious, or sick, you turn green. When you become cowardly, you turn yellow; and ya’ll got the nerve to call us colored? ” — Kevin Phillips as Leon “Neon” Edwards in Red Tails Into the Abyss (2011, USA) The great […]
The neighborhood 4th of July parade: And after the parade, everyone in the neighborhood came to our house for brunch. I was too overwhelmed to take photos, but the party was a great success. Later in the afternoon the kids went to see Spiderman, and Donna and I took a short nap. Friends who live […]
The neighborhood parade is just over an hour from now, followed by the neighborhood brunch. We are hosting this year, and there’ll be 60-some people in our house, god knows how many kids in our pool. Thankfully it’s a cloudy day; though we may get a sprinkle or two, it’s going to be cooler than […]
Just for fun, a Sunday morning pop quiz: which came first? Answer: the jet, in this case the Vought F7U Cutlass, which entered operational service with the US Navy in July 1951 (the prototype first flew in September 1948). The Cutlass-like Chevrolet hood ornament first appeared on 1955 model year Chevrolets. Based on everything I’ve […]