"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." —Mark Twain
Earlier this evening, we joined several friends at a neighborhood park for a free concert. We’ve been to many such concerts; they have them every Saturday night in the spring and fall. We usually bring our dog, as do many other people, and the dogs are normally as well behaved as the people who bring […]
Just in case not everyone instantly recognizes this as pfishing, here are three dead giveaways: Government agencies don’t conduct official business via e-mail. “President Bush program?” Really? Can’t they find someone with a high school diploma to write this shit? The “click here” link takes you to a form that asks for the kind of personal […]
In April, almost a year after my father died, Donna and I flew back to Missouri to see my family. While there we decided to ship a few small items home, mostly military memorabilia my father had collected. We took the stuff to the nearest UPS store and left the packing and shipping to them — […]
If our president had an ounce of courage, we’d have a national 55 mph speed limit again. As much as I’d personally hate it, it would be a worthy sacrifice, even a patriotic one. Hey, tell you what . . . I’ll slow down if you will. Side note: I thought President Gerald Ford introduced the 55 mph […]
Two or three years ago, someone called into a National Public Radio talk show and first uttered the phrase “I’ll take my answer off the air,” meaning that he or she would hang up and listen to the answer on the radio. Which, of course, is taking one’s answer on the air. But the phrase sounded […]
You know, if someone ever sends me a literate chain letter, I’ll probably fall for it. Friends, Could you go out and buy a postcard and sendit to my grand nephew. His 6th grade classes is mapping out the postcards they receive as part of a geography class. His address is: Seamus Fields C/O […]
Another Saturday, another Trail Trash ride. This time our daughter Polly joined us, so we celebrated by doubling our normal mileage (from 9 to 18). Our new destination? The Rincon General Store, down the hill on Old Spanish Trail. As this entry’s title suggests, the return trip was mostly uphill, so we stopped at Saguaro […]
Food pr0n! Yep, you guessed it . . . it’s another plug for Crouton’s Kitchen, where you can find this and other great recipes.