My next door neighbor has been feeding a friendly calico cat, who seems to be lost.  Anyone out there missing a sweet calico cat with a white face?

I'm going to hell. Oh, OK, I don't really believe in hell, but if there was a hell I'd have a seat reserved for me.

I killed a mouse last night. Not the passive way, by catching it in a snap trap. I caught it on a baited sticky trap, which is probably listed as a method of torture by the Geneva Convention. The tiny little mouse was stretched out ( Read more... )

Veiled Conceit is a favorite read of mine - a blog that mocks those pretentious wedding announcements in the New York Times.  I know - easy prey - but Zach, the blog's author, is so clever, and thorough in his research and linkage to boot.

I was catching up on my reading in there today, and while the September 1st entry is scathingly funny, ( Read more... )

The IMF doesn't just stand for International Monetary Fund anymore.

I have satellite television service, which comes with 100 channels, at least 50 of which are pure crap.  Fortunately, there is a "Favorites" feature that lets viewers set their own channel lists, and I have made good use of that feature.  The one problem is, on the odd occasion a ( Read more... )

I finally took the plunge.  Bought a digital music player.  Not an Ipod, but a tiny little flash player made by SanDisk.  I've read they have fewer moving parts and thus are harder to break than hard drive players like Ipods, and since I am very hard on my belongings, I figured harder to break is the way to go.

So far, I'm liking it.  It holds ( Read more... )

Wife frees inmate husband, kills guard in Tenn.

I'm thinking Holly Hunter for the lead role, and Harry Hamlin playing the convict. 

I'm a bit bleary today - I saw Hamlet on the Boston Common last night.  I've been meaning to catch Free Shakespeare on the Common for years but, like skating on Frog Pond in the winter, the season slips by before I've made the time and another opportunity is missed.  So why was this year different?  Because this year the lead role is being played ( Read more... )

Not to be confused with the Harvard Coop, which is just a Barnes & Noble masquerading as a high-brow bookstore, the Harvard Book Store is a rarity in the Square these days - an independent bookstore, and it has a wonderful used book section which has filled my bookshelves over the years.

I'm heading to York Beach this weekend, and realized last ( Read more... )

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Yesterday while waiting for the bus, I saw the blind leading the blind ( Read more... )