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The National Museum of American History is about my favorite museum on the planet. When I was on my 8th grade trip to Washington, we visited. Later that day, we were told that we had an hour to spare. We had two choices on… Continue Reading “My Museum”
I have made two big purchases in the last month and this is the first: I have been looking for these all my life. Or at least since I determined that I required my own library. I found them at Crate & Freakin’ Barrel,… Continue Reading “Bookcases”
In case you haven’t heard, flossing your teeth is very important. Something about bacteria and heart disease. Whatever. I am into hygiene and all, but flossing is a pain and I am lazy. Which is why the totally not-green plastic flossy things have been… Continue Reading “Being Grateful for the Little Things”
Everyone has airport horror stories. Particularly about my own airport. Did you hear that we were rated the “worst” again? “Worst” meaning of all the airports in the U.S., you are most likely to encounter a delay at O’Hare. Boohoo. Go find another airport.… Continue Reading “Happy Travel Day”
A Blog of Note led me to an article in the Economist about the Kindle. Part of it talks about how Kindle is not to books what iPod was to CDs. But here is what I really liked: “So far, says Mr Kessel, this… Continue Reading “Even More about the Kindle”
Janet Franz wrote a mid-winter article in the Chicago Tribune comparing hand creams. It seems Aveda wins and Neutrogena is the best from the drug store. (Neutrogena is also the best for boys that don’t want to smell like girls.)But the real conclusion Franz… Continue Reading “Hand and Foot Creams”
Spooky cannot seem to stay away from my computer. I took it downstairs to do some homework and supervise parrot play time. Eloise was on her perch, eating her almond butter sandwich. Shadow was at her feet. Kiwi the Grey flew to the floor… Continue Reading “Any Given Friday During the Semester”
I don’t know if the rest of the country is going as goofy as Illinois about President Lincoln’s 200th birthday. But the other day I was watching something on TV where the historian was saying that the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural Speech… Continue Reading “On Lincoln’s Birthday”
When the snow melts, we see what has been sitting in the snow banks all winter long. At my office, that usually means cigarette butts. I don’t mind smokers as a rule, but I do mind their littering. My real-life friends will know that… Continue Reading “When the snow melts”
The other night, I was driving my father and step mother to dinner. She doesn’t speak a whole lot of English, so he and I are just chattering away. I asked what he was doing this week. Visiting friends, going to the casino, etc.… Continue Reading “On this, the nicest day of the year.”
The Next Dark Age 