Author's posts
Oct 04
Overheard: 35 yr old male
“I know what bugs taste like.” and “So there I am–eating tick juice.”
Oct 03
Quotable: Les Ollila
“If your wife comes home and the front end of the car is rearranged you have to decide, ‘Do I want a good car or a good marriage–you cannot have both at that point.”
Oct 02
Quotable: Augustin
“How many sheep there are without, how many wolves within!” (Homilies on John, 45, 12)
Oct 01
Sriracha
The first time I tried Sriracha pepper sauce it was in a peepee jar. Lemme esplain. I have this friend who works in a hospital–but not in the department where they use said jars for said purpose. She and her coworkers use them for beads and other little odds and ends. Anyway, she was totally hooked on …
Sep 30
Special project for October
Hey, I’m back, just like I said. I’m starting a new project this month in MadMania: you email me a photo that you have personally taken and don’t give me any details about it. I will post the photo and a story I make up based on what I can observe in the photo. Sound …
Sep 20
So…
Sooo…I haven’t posted for a while (duh). No apologies, just taking a break. No promises when I will update again, but check back again in October. Go out and enjoy your autumn, the prince of seasons.
Sep 05
Free iPhone Wallpaper: Kinda Sorta
I turned one of my former student’s Facebook comment into an iPhone wallpaper. Download and enjoy for free:
Sep 03
Overheard: 65 yr old female
“They got him so medicated he can’t feel his butt with bofe hands.”
Aug 31
…and no TV make Dan something something…
So losing my TV has made me more productive (duh). Sunday night I read to the girls seven chapters of The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler, Monday night I picked The Baby up from tennis and we went driving around. Tuesday night I went home and cleaned parts of my office, living room, …
Aug 27
My TV is a goner pt. 2
This blog was birthed because my TV was having problems in December of 2008. Now, it has finally died. Eight years of mostly loyal service. It’s terminal this time. And so, we will have to start TV shopping some time. I’m not in a huge hurry, as I have a ton of other productive things …
