Archive for August, 2001
labor pains
I’ve been drowning in a sea of HTML, SHTML, and hundreds of links. I’ve also been doggie-paddling around in the shallow end of the PHP and MySQL pool. I’m not a programmer. It was never more apparent to me than during the last couple days. I suppose the Friday before Labor Day is an appropriate [...]
the case of the missing shopping list
This past Saturday was yet another trip to Homo Depot for Marlin and I, and I am giving you all fair warning: between me and Beau, you better buy your stock in Home Depot now. In any case, first stop was the paint section, where we wasted about 1/2 hour looking through and collecting paint [...]
three discoveries
Three things I discovered this weekend:
1) Home Depot measures lumber the same way men measure their dicks. If you buy a board that is marked as 1″ thick and 5″ wide, what you get is a board that is 3/4″ thick and 4-3/4″ wide. The length seemed to be measured correctly. But I’m solidly in [...]
sad news, good news
Sad news, indeed. Kathleen Freeman died today. Bill has some career info on this veteran character actress. It’s simply amazing she’s been battling lung cancer and continued performing (including singing on stage) until last Saturday. I hope I am fortunate enough to continue doing what I love until a week before my ticket is punched.
In [...]
so now what?
I’ve taken my “Watching” category off the sidebar to the left because, as of this past Sunday night, the few television shows I make a point to watch are no longer airing new episodes. I suppose this is good in the fact that now I have a couple extra hours each week to devote to [...]
found my spot
Whew! One less thing to worry about: according to Find Your Spot, I’ve already found my spot. After taking the quiz, I discovered Boston is in my Top 5 preferred spots. And just to drive the point home that I’m really a New Englander at heart, New Haven, CT, Hartford, CT, and Providence, RI all [...]