Land of 10,000 To-Do’s With everything in the office now tightly packed up in cardboard containers, there is a haunting reverb that echoes throughout. Every tap of the keyboard and phone conversation bounces around the room like a superball. Tried to see Ted Nugent Friday night but arrived at RibFest too late. Apparently, the Harriet …
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The Great White Buffalo The Motor City Madman is playing at Harriet Island tonight. I have to be honest here and admit that I would totally like to go see The Nuge kick out the fucking jams this evening. It’s funny, but, the deeper the Detroit rocker swims in the hateful political deep-end, the more …
Swillmart My shredder has been pushed to the edge of collapse these last few days. I spent most of last night knee deep in large boxes of old papers and forgotten folders. I fed king-sized portions of pulp into the dispassionate teeth of my favorite ribbon maker. Amongst all the shavings, I ran across metric …
The Little ElphThe new camera hunt is over and I am back on the mountain top, looking out over the digital frontier – poised and ready to capture everything that falls in front of my viewfinder. I elected to go with a camera that was robust yet entirely portable and procured the pocket sized Canon …
Bot Flies There is a funny David Sedaris story in the current New Yorker called ‘It’s Catching: Worms, Germs, and Christmas‘. Part of the tale recounts Maw Hamrick’s run in with a parasite in the Congo. The parasite of Sedaris’ story sounds frighteningly similar to the disturbing bot fly parasite that I had the unfortunate …
The Snare of PreparationThe household goods are slowly collapsing into organized and bold faced labeled moving boxes. My alabaster ankles and shins bear the brunt of our preparations as I continue to stumble into all kinds of low lying square hazards that now clutter our floors. Uncontrollable swearing binges that would make my viking ancestors …
The Passing of a Good Friend With heavy heart dear readers, I am sad to announce the untimely passing of my digital friend – the Canon Powershot G1. Oh the sadness that has befallen me. My partner in crime, my most trusted sidekick, has passed on to the scenic heavens. I am now without any …
The Unencumbered Estate And on the tenth day, the air conditioner was allowed a day of rest. The heat wave has given pause here today But I fear it’s going to be a brief respite following the last nine days of temperatures above 90 degrees. Apparently we haven’t experienced a heat wave like this since …
Voldemort Can’t Stop the Rock! The misses is signed up to get her new Harry Potter this evening. Although I’ve never read any of ’em, I’m curious enough to go witness the cultural oddity that is the Harry Potter fan base bedazzled in their frock and habit. Here is a sampling of Potter Mania in …
All-Star Wine List Quite often, the long journeys I must take to bring back the freshest content for these here pages require that I spend an occasional evening getting sotted and becoming plowed. It is a sacrifice I must make. But, I do it all for you, my faithful readers. Last night became one of …