• Uncategorical Weirdness

    Last breakfast in London

    August 20, 2008 - By 

    Who knew a chicken tikka kebagel could taste so good? Coffee was all right too. Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Last breakfast in London By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 20 Aug ’08, 6.41am CDT PST Who knew a chicken tikka kebagel could taste so good? Coffee was all right too. Ginny I can has iPhone?

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Mind The Gap: the first of many

    August 17, 2008 - By 

    We’ve made it to London, installed in a conveniently located but inconveniently designed hotel room. About to get out and get touristy after a slow morning. We lucked out and got upgraded to business class on the flight over, but had a rude awakening last night when we got to the hotel. Looks nice in the photos, but the room is half the size you’d expect. Internet service spotty, and there’s street noise. But oh well, we’re in London! Just got back from a nice service at St John’s Hyde Park – lovely people, lovely music, good mix of different…

  • Home Improvement

    Walgreens: Locking up the competition?

    August 11, 2008 - By 

    Here’s something odd. I went to Walgreens to pick up my favored brand of antacid/acid reducer. I found it in a locked cabinet, along with several other name brands each in their own locked cabinets. There was a notice saying the rather pricy name brands were secured for the protection of Walgreens’ customers. The “house brands” were all displayed nearby, unlocked. They were lower in price but the highest-quantity packages were in the same price ranges as the lower-quantity name brand products. Stymied, since my particular brand didn’t have a Wal-clone, I wandered off looking for someone to open the…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Every one needs one

    August 9, 2008 - By 

    A giant decorative poseable spider from Costco. Plushy fur, not for outdoor display. Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Every one needs one By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 9 Aug ’08, 12.51pm CDT PST A giant decorative poseable spider from Costco. Plushy fur, not for outdoor display. Ginny I can has iPhone?

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    Stately Moans: Successful Event Planning (Except For Ducks)

    August 7, 2008 - By 

    Thank goodness Doris is back on the blogbeat, recounting the triumphs and challenges of stately manor management… and the possibility of committing nursery crimes, encountering ducks bent on debauchery, and the utter indispensability of a Lovely Warden. Stately Moans: Successful Event Planning, the Stately Moans Way I hastened to reassure bemused visitors and volunteers alike that we did not actually erect the marquee in the moat and that it must have blown in. After the tenth repetition I got bored with that and started telling people it was for a duck wedding instead. Well, it was a lovely party, except…