Like most things internet I’ll probably play with this a little while and then cast it off into the e-dustbin with so much other online gadgets after I tire of it, but for now I’m part of the allegedly growing Twitter nation wherein via that orangy badge over on the right and any inclination I …
Sigh. I’ve written before about applying for what seems like the perfect gig and not getting it. I’ve wallowed in self pity and frustration, but I’m not going to do that today — or at least try not to. You put yourself forward as an ideal candidate and you get kicked to the curb. That’s …
What a shame. The high winds today destroyed the paper lantern in the backyard that a pair of house sparrows had chosen to build their nest. While Susan found the nest itself intact on the ground, unfortunately she also found the splats and shell fragments of what looked to be two tiny eggs that the …
Just a quick hit from TV Land. So far everything’s going how I envisioned it on American Idol. Last night Seacrest drops that 35 million people voted, up two mil from last week (which was up three mil from the week before) just as I predicted it would be. Next, Sanjaya — who made a great …
A couple years or so ago I had been hopeful that I could limit driving my truck enough so that it could roll past our 10th anniversary this coming July 7Â without having yet hit the 100,000 mile mark. To be honest, it’s totally silly and I should just get over it because there’s no real …
From my seat on the southbound Blue Line train this morning, I looked up from page 217 of Gore Vidal’s Burr where I just read the words: Eventually all things are known. And few matter. As I contemplated that wonderfully stated truth I stared out the window and saw we were passing passing 97th Street. …
Sometimes you just gotta cut your losses.. You look back regretably knowing you got up waaaay early enough this morning to either bike or mass-transit your way into work like you wanted to do and promised to do, yet instead you got snared by various timesucking diversions and now you’re looking at the clock and its 7:45 …