"No matter how cynical I get, I can’t keep up.” — Lily Tomlin
Three more photos from the kids’ visit: They left Tucson for Las Vegas around noon today, and are probably still somewhere in Arizona. We should hear from them, reporting in safely at home, in a couple of hours. A month from today, on October 28th, we’re driving to Las Vegas to see them, our daughter […]
A visit from the grandkids is a great excuse to post, right? We spent most of yesterday at a park near the air base, watching Taylor play fast pitch softball. It’s been years since I’ve been to a girls’ softball game, and my, has the game changed. It’s more aggressive than it used to be, […]
Banned Books Week starts today, September 26, and runs through October 3. So many books have been banned or censored, there’s no way you could read them all. There have been thousands and thousands, and more join the list every day, thanks for the forces of ignorance and intolerance loose in the land, whipped on […]
And it’s almost upon us. Our son Gregory, daughter in law Beth, and grandchildren Taylor and Quentin will arrive tomorrow and stay till Monday. The occasion’s an away game for Taylor’s high school softball team. That’s where we’ll be all day Saturday, cheering her on. Sometime Sunday, my niece Gwen may drive down from Phoenix, […]
“I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let’s face it.” — Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront (1954) The Ramen Girl (2008) The Ramen Girl is like a prettily-wrapped gift box with nothing but tissue inside. There isn’t enough here to […]
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” – George Orwell, 1984 (1949) A Most Wanted Man, by John le Carré You know what you’re going to get with a John le Carré novel, much as you know what you’re going to get with an Elmore Leonard novel . […]
Please bear with me while I allow my OCD a little free play . . . Compelled to check several times daily: Facebook Must check daily: HashSpace hash-l@usc.edu Twitter Wonkette Crooks & Liars Washington Monthly Making Light Hullabaloo Balloon Juice No week is complete without having visited once or twice: Sadly, No! Pandagon Strategy Page […]
Well, now we know the answer to that mystery! Used to be we’d fill the hummingbird feeders every three to four days. All of a sudden they’re bone dry after only one day. I think we know why now . . . we have night visitors!