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Weekend Assignment #336: Magic Button If you could have a magic button that would do one particular thing for you, up to once a day, what would that function be?Extra Credit: Would your answer to the above change if it were a person doing… Continue Reading “The Magic Housekeeper”
Bears Game. The Cowboys are returning a punt. The rookie has plenty of room. He hits about the 30 and I knew he was taking it to the house. Me: OH MY GAAWWWWD!!!! (In a bad way)Kiwi: WHAT?!Me: Um…football. Bad.Kiwi: Are you OK?Me: No. Not… Continue Reading “Game Time Conversation”
Today was the official Take the Kids Apple Picking Day. My brother and I took Alex and Ainslie to Oriole Springs – for the pick-your-own apples – and their neighbor, Harvest Time, to snag some cider doughnuts. Last year, I stood in line for… Continue Reading “The Downside and the Upside”
Annette from Catnip and Coffee asked: “How do you retrain a cat to indoor only after being outdoors in the daytime for years?” I was going to comment a response, but realized I probably had enough to blog mine. Spooky was 8 1/2 years… Continue Reading “The Transition”
This story annoys me – the female reporter in the locker room that tweeted about “dying of embarrassment” from the attention she was getting from the players. I couldn’t even watch the entire story, but here it is: http://abcnews.go.com/assets/player/walt2.6/flash/SFP_Walt.swf Everyone and his dog has… Continue Reading “The Locker Room”
This has gone too far. I was at the airport early and two- count them two – flights were boarding to O’Hare. With room. I had no bags to check. Ready, willing and able to hop on standby. Except for the $50 fee. I… Continue Reading “Dear United Airlines”
I don’t really think I am going to be able to keep up this theme, but I had two today: First, I am grateful that I don’t really need an alarm clock. I can count on one hand the number of times I have… Continue Reading “Being Grateful Again”
Last night, while I was packing, I remembered to grab my Metro pass and toss it in my bag. Metro would be the DC subway system. I had $12.00 on it from several months ago and kept forgetting to pack it again. It landed… Continue Reading “Public Transportation”
Weekend Assignment #335: History We don’t all live near the site of a battlefield or other world-famous event, but any place has its own history: political, cultural, even natural history. How aware are you of the past of the town, city or state where… Continue Reading “Historic Landmarks – The Grove”
My fabulous friend Jodi and my new friend Kayla came down from Milwaukee to see this show at The Charnel House. (I can’t actually make myself type the title. I had to use copy and paste just to get it in my title bar.) Before… Continue Reading “That Pretty Pretty; Or, The Rape Play, at The Charnel House”
The Next Dark Age 