"No matter how cynical I get, I can’t keep up.” — Lily Tomlin
“Nothing is more important mostly than a funeral,” Violet said as they ate a noon lunch of soup and sandwiches. “The whole point of a person’s life—or the lack of a point if it’s more or less rounded—can’t help popping out at a funeral.” She wedged the last triangular bite of wheat bread, cucumber, mayonnaise, […]
I’m starting to get excited about the next motorcycle trip, a five-day ride from Tucson to the Four Corners region and back. Once again I’m riding with my friend Ed: we’ll leave Thursday, August 29th and return on Monday, September 2nd. Our plan is to ride 500 miles Thursday, taking back roads to Farmington, New […]
You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post featuring banned book reviews and news roundups. YCRT! banned book news The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian was removed from a New York City school’s summer-reading list after parents parents complained about a reference to masturbation. As so often happens in these cases, the author gets […]
Speaking of stupid, I commented on an F-4 fighter thread running on my Facebook news feed.
The dog ate my book report, but I do have show & tell
Good lord, the scammers aren’t even trying any more. And why should they? They could post photos of used Kleenex or sidewalk cracks, ask us to “share” or “like” them to prevent cancer, and most of us would do it.
Donna’s old Dell died this week, and last night we ordered a new MacBook Pro to replace it. Slowly but surely, Macs are edging out PCs around these parts. Four or even three years ago, if someone had told me we’d ever drink Steve Jobs’ Koolaid, I’d have scoffed. But then I got an iPad, […]
Over the years we’ve amassed a large collection of Hash House Harrier event giveaways. We used to have boxes full of hashing t-shirts, but now we’re just hanging on to a few old favorites Donna wants to make into a quilt. We took the others to local hash meets and gave them to new hashers […]