Media thoughts from all over (my head)

Weezer is a band that I was about five years too old to catch on to, but this new video for Pork & Beans is nerderrific. The song isn’t so bad either. You’re welcome.
I still haven’t completely decided whether I’m a Danica Patrick man or a Sarah Fisher man. Granted, Sarah has always played Andrew [...]

Préparez, et répétez

We’re leaving for our annual Wisconsin sojourn at the end of this week, and so I’m in the midst of picking out the three or four books that I’m going to throw in the backpack to while away the hours while I’m not completing a fresh book of NYT Crossword Puzzles. A book that I’ve [...]

Six random questions

Thanks to Harriet, I have something to blog about on this Tuesday morning.
1. What was I doing 10 years ago?
Let’s see, end of May, 1998. Working at the Bloomington, IN Barnes & Noble. I think I was the Music Department Manager by this point, and I may have just finished doing inventory. For those of [...]

Winding down

The Daughters and I have spent the morning at the library — them picking out books and playing online with Webkinz, me picking out audiobooks for the long drive up to our summer vacation spot. It’s about an 11-hour drive, depending on the traffic, so I’ve picked up a 13-hour CD-book, and I’m still unsure [...]

Mortgage crisis hits home

A neighbor of ours hadn’t been mowing his grass for a while, and a couple of weeks ago we saw a Rent-A-Center-type van in the driveway. The Wife and I were confused, but then it all became clear to us when we talked to some other neighbors (gotta love the information systems of the suburbs). [...]

Killing chihuahuas

Well, duh. The less you post, Hugh, the fewer times that people (even those who read the blog regularly) will come and visit. And your stats will go down. And you’ll get colds more often. And every day you don’t post, another two or three (almost-)endangered polar bears will fall lifeless into the melting arctic [...]

Let’s go to extendo, and pick up The Seen

It rained the day the Wife graduated from college, which forced the school to put the commencement ceremony in the school gym instead of out on the beautiful lawns surrounded by singing birds and early-morning mist and sunlight. She has never forgiven the college for this. Though, as a Kenyon grad, this might be just [...]