Archive for December, 2002
holiday wishes
If I’m leaving in the morning to go somewhere, it doesn’t seem to matter whether I have an entire day to prepare (as I did today) or just a few hours in the evening to prepare. In either case, I usually finish packing about 1:00 a.m. It must be a procrastination thing. In any case, [...]
undress, redress
I find that after years of riding the subway, the likelihood of my being shocked at anything I see is shrinking faster than Michael Jackson’s nose. (ba da boom … pauses for laughter to subside). OK, maybe I shouldn’t try to be a comedian. The printer is whizzing away as I type, spitting out dozens [...]
calling Monty Python
If it weren’t for the seriousness of the allegations being thrown around, it would make a wickedly funny Monty Python skit: catholics demonstrating in the streets … cardinal secretly flies to Rome to meet with the pope … priests in revolt … $300,000 cash bail for a frail 71-year-old man who is now public enemy [...]
hobbit rap
Yo, I�m harder than a Mithril coat
A hundred is the number of the orcs I smote
I battled Helms Deep and I took Minas Tirith
If you don�t watch out, I�ll make your ass dissappeareth.
Hobbit rap, via Lords of the Rhymes. See them live or book them for weddings, parties, battles, and entmoots. And you must [...]
highly combustible
I learned a valuable lesson yesterday about fabric care: don’t try to burn snagged threads off a cotton sweater. In retrospect I can see it was a bad idea, but one must consider my state of mind at the time. It was early morning, before coffee, before a smoke, and I was thinking about a [...]
AARP presents …
So, you might be wondering what I’ve been up to in these parts for the past week or so. Usually I would cringe when reading a blog entry that begins with the word "so," but in this case I thought it would be clever (your mileage may vary) because I’m finally writing about the Peter [...]