Wherein I contemplate arboreal action

Since the Wife has already begun to cycle Christmas songs through her iTunes account, I might as well post something before the Fall ends.
Over our den there is what appears to be a black walnut tree. It tells us the Fall is coming because it starts shedding golf-ball-sized green orbs with a spongy outside [...]

Shimmy-shake

I was going to say unwarrantedly nasty things about the people up in Kokomo who mistook the sonic boom of an F-16 fighter for a meteor shower. Last night, on the 102nd anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake, we felt a tremor here in the heartland. According to reports, it ws a 5.4 quake centered [...]

Rodentia update

Michael the gerbil is still at large, though it seems that he has moved from under the refrigerator to under the TV armoire. This wouldn’t matter much, except that now the freezer is not freezing, only cooling. This may not be directly related to the rodent, but it’s always fun to blame it on somthing [...]

I did, in fact, bake a cake

The sun is out today, for the first time in what seems like a long while. While I’m certainly not a Seasonal Affective Disorderite, I do appreciate the feel of the warmth on my face, and the squint in my eye.
The Mother-in-Law is coming for a visit this weekend. She originally was gong to come [...]

An oyster and clam aren’t real family

We let the kids stay up last night to watch the lunar eclipse. Luckily, the sky was completely clear and the moon was completely above the trees of our neighborhood. In fact, we could see the eclipse through our front storm door. I was happy enough to stay inside and watch, but the Wife and [...]