No, that’s not misspelled. Earlier today we went to see David’s brother Mitch perform improv with the rest of his class at Second City. If you click on the gallery link and also click “slideshow” you’ll get a quick overview of a couple of games – one that included Mitch and two others who were portraying characters in various kinds of movies, a couple of other games starring other people in his class, and the big group game at the end, “Story, Story, DIE!” Mitch is the one in the purple shirt. No, not that one, the other one. No,…
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And meanwhile, over at eBay, you can buy some wood on the Internets, cheap! Here, a small business owner holds a product sample up during a recent infomercial. If you do nothing else, scroll down at the auction site and read the Q and A – they are friggin’ hilarious. my husband David and I posted one about whether wood can be used in nuclear, chemical, or biolgical weapons, and we’re anxiously awaiting the answer. I suspect that Jesus’ General has gotten in with a question before us: there is a rather suspicious query about “little soldiers” and whether the…
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Did I call it or what? Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em! Expect the lawn inflatables in stores by the week before Election Day. The Keith Olbermann (MSNBC) blow-by-blow blogging of the debate last night (linked via the image) is pretty funny – scroll to the bottom and read up to read it in chrono order. He also noted some details about people in the audience and what will probably be Bush’s most inconsequential, but most widely blogged gaffe. All over Blogistan, people are gleefully snarking “He called it ‘the internets!’ Hee, hee!” And for the record, I’m a baby-boomer, and I…
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Security forces in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar say they have thwarted an attack that could have killed hundreds of people. A tanker carrying 40,000 litres of fuel and packed with explosives was intercepted on the eve of the country’s first direct presidential elections. Okay, I imagine things are a little hairy over in the Spook Think Tanks just now, but they must be relieved over this one. All this stuff blowin’ up is a little nerve-wracking on the eve of the elections, and the US Residential debate, and so on. I’m sure the Repubs are feeling even more…
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Couch Baron and I agree to go to the party together, and about thirty seconds after he picks me up, I say this to him: “When it is 1:00 in the morning and I am cursing myself for wearing these shoes, you should feel free to remind me of this moment, which was my opportunity to go back to the hotel room and put on the perfectly sensible pair of black pumps that are under the edge of the bed right now.” “Got it,” he says. It’s been a while since I checked, but Miss Alli posted a recap of…
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LONDON (Reuters) – Help is at hand for foreign doctors working in Yorkshire whose patients complain of sore “lugholes” or say they’re feeling “jiggered” and can’t stop “gipping”. Health officials in Doncaster, South Yorkshire have compiled a guide of local dialect and slang to help a group of seven Austrian doctors — all fluent English speakers — better understand their sometimes thickly accented patients. I miss Yorkshire. I loved hearing the local dialect when we were there last year. The last entry in my travel journal is staring me in the face from last year – literally propped up in…
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In the absence of Rance, who is either off being a fabbleous movie sleb or starting fall semester after moving out of his parents’ basement, his readers have been writing a round-robin mystery story. This has been going on for about a month now, with submissions going up about every other day – sometimes, every day. It’s very organized, and there’s a list of people, so you know when you’re “on deck.” Also, when you’re writing your submission, you get an advance copy of the previous one, which doesn’t get posted until you submit your own. It seems to be…
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Saturday we drove around more or less at random, first south, then north to Volo Bog. It turned out to be a good decision to get there so late – the light was much better. my husband David’s photos look a lot better, he’s got the better camera. For a while. Whee! It was a nice time, and in spite of all the cars in the lot and people who seemed to be arriving, we had the whole trail to ourselves except for the first 200 yards or so. At one point, we stopped at the duck blind and settled…
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Hey! Guess what happened next? Yep, I was upstairs talking on the phone while standing on the stairs between the kitchen and the family room, and I was stupidly wearing some clog-like leather shoes with sticky soles. I was sideways and started to slip off the tread, but the shoe stuck in place and I rolled over my left foot and hit the floor with a very solid thumping sound. Stupid me, David was frantically asking if I was hurt, and I’m all like “The phone! Get the phone! I was talking to Chris!” because I was in the process…
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It’s October – that means that the time of “Tacky Seasonal Decorations” is upon us. This year, the Big House O’ Inflatables has added to their Hallowe’en collection by adding a big scary lawn spider and a giant Homer Simpson wearing a skeleton costume. I was on my way home after church, feeling a bit low and anxious but hopeful (more on that later) but felt much cheered and uplifted after seeing the inspirational sight of a 12 foot Homer, not to mention a spider big enough to be Shelob‘s stunt double. Next month, of course, the Harvest Season will…