"No matter how cynical I get, I can’t keep up.” — Lily Tomlin
We just watched Wordplay, a movie about crossword puzzles. Former President Bill Clinton, one of several players interviewed, talked about his typical encounter with the Saturday* New York Times crossword. He said he almost always starts out stumped, but continues wading through clues until he finds a word he knows, then builds on that word until […]
Yesterday, a co-worker told me a long story about buying a Mercedes-Benz. A woman caught her fiance cheating and told him to get out of her life. He split in a hurry, leaving his car behind. A few days later she got a letter from the cad, ordering her to sell the car and wire him the […]
Today’s our 41st anniversary. We’re spending it with my dad in Missouri, who was at our wedding all those years ago. Donna and I were married at the Ratshaus – the courthouse – in Wiesbaden, Germany, on a rare sunny day. We married in the church a few months later, but the civil ceremony is […]
The blogging dearth (see my previous entry) won’t be as bad as I feared. My dad has a computer with a dial-up connection. A little slow, but way better than no connection at all. We’re in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, hunkered down at my folks’ house, cooking dinner for the crowd of family who will descend […]
Leaving for a few days, blogging dearth to ensue. See ya next week.
The menu: smoked turkey (with dressing, gravy, and cranberry sauce), standing beef rib roast, mashed potatoes, salad, mustard greens, bread pudding, pumpkin pie. All home made, of course. Our daughter Polly is here, and Dee and Darrell, friends, are coming over to eat with us. Family, friends, food — it was all great. The roast came […]
I have a weblog and a digital camera. You’d think there’d be more photos here, wouldn’t you? Okay, I’ll try harder. I really will. The first one is overdue. Our son and his family were here for Hallowe’en, and we carved jack-o’-lanterns together. This is our grandaughter Taylor and her dad working on their pumpkins: […]
Woo-hoo, the Arizona no smoking proposition passed (the real one, not the one sponsored by R. J. Reynolds). I can hang around in bars again! As for the election in general, I, for one, welcome our new congressional overlords. Try not to screw up, okay? And while you’re at it, try not to screw us […]