So, looking at the books I received for Christmas and recalling those I’ve bought for myself, I’ve decided it’s time to reinstate my Ten Book Rule: I shall buy no more books, no matter how tempting, until I’ve read ten I already have. Let Congress feel shame at my shining example of austerity!
Of course, that [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Back on the wagon
Posted in Books, Music, tagged Books, Music, shopping, wish lists on December 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Can one be a New Year’s Grinch?
Posted in Holidays, tagged New Year's Eve, reflections on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, it’s New Year’s Eve. Unlike most of the world, I’m unable to get excited about the turning of the calendar. Christmas, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, Arbor Day — now those are holidays with something behind them. New Year’s is just an arbitrary date on the the calendar, about as special as your car’s odometer [...]
No Monday Night Football
Posted in Sports, Television, tagged american football, MNF, Television on December 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Now what am I going to do tonight?
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Christmas loot
Posted in Books, Holidays, Miscellany, Movies, Television, science fiction, tagged Books, Christmas, dvds, History, Jackson, Lincoln, Stargate SG-1, World War II on December 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have to give in to my Inner Little Kid for a moment and share what I got for Christmas. This is some neat stuff:
Books
Doris Kearns-Goodwin’s A Team of Rivals. Abe Lincoln is a deeply-felt hero to me, so I’m looking forward to reading this.
Rick Atkinson’s The Day of Battle. Part two of his Liberation [...]
Silent night
Posted in Holidays, tagged Christmas, Holidays on December 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Merry Christmas to all, and to all, a good night.
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Addiction?
Posted in Apartment life, Music, tagged bass, Music, neighbors, volume on December 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Why do people need to play the bass track of their music so loudly that it thumps the walls? I grew out of that some time in high school.
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No magic moments for me
Posted in Miscellany, tagged chance, dreams, lottery on December 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In case you were wondering what happened with that $10 lottery ticket I found, it was not a “movie moment.” There were ten picks out a total of 60 numbers on that ticket, and I hit …drum roll… four numbers. Le sigh.
At least I wasn’t the one who blew ten bucks on the ticket, however.
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Beware cuteness unleashed!
Posted in Miscellany, tagged animals, Zoos on December 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Baby animals at Zooborns.
All together now: Awwww!
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The end of the rainbow?
Posted in Miscellany, Weirdness, tagged chance, daydreams, lottery on December 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Tonight I stopped by the market to buy some celery and my usual weekly Lottery tickets: one dollar for Tuesday night’s drawing and one for Wednesday’s. While waiting for my tickets to print, I saw a piece of paper in the dispenser: it was another ticket. Someone had bought ten dollars worth of picks for [...]
The atlas of true names
Posted in Miscellany, tagged maps on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ever wonder what the name of a place meant? Sometimes it’s easy, as in “San Francisco” being the name of a city named after St. Francis. Other times, however, it’s almost impossible to tell at a glance because the place-name is in an obscure or even dead language.
Enter the Atlas of True Names, featured in [...]
A public service announcement
Posted in Humor, tagged guns, Plaxico Burress, satire, videos on December 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Plaxico Burress on gun safety. He’s doing it for the children.
Grrrr….
Posted in Miscellany, tagged frustration on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today was a cranky-making day.
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