"Captain, I am detecting massive amounts of whee directly ahead ( Read more... )

Last week Dad's brother and sister-in-law visited. They brought their dog with them. Said dog basically ignored Pooky, which isn't a bad thing. It counteracts the impression of dogs she gets from Penny all the time. Anyway, we gave the shed a nice new paint job ( Read more... )

We subscribe to the Sunday Post-Dispatch. They send out the comics, coupons, and other non-time-sensitive sections on Saturday and the rest on Sunday. They also have the puzzles and a few columns (read: Joe Holleman) in with the comics ( Read more... )

You probably can't imagine what it is like to be so lost and
frightened that you will listen to any voice which promises change.
--Hugh, "Descent Part II"

There was a burst of laughter at that line.

Headline on today's Post-Dispatch:

Should you redshirt your kindergartener?

Umm, NO? :~p

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I also notice they're still patting themselves on the collective back that someone actually noticed their weeklong series on "fugitives from the law" from a couple of weeks back. Sad, innit?

I was at a Borders bookstore just now, and in the Bargains stuff out front were several copies of a paperback. Voyages of Imagination or something like that. It was basically a "Star Trek novel Companion ( Read more... )

That's just silly.

This, on the other hand, is not only silly but dangerous as well. It was the direct cause of me wasting an hour or two this afternoon. Direct results follow directly.

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Yes I canz!

(By way of TrekBBS.)

- Due to remodeling of the kitchen, have been in the front room for breakfast for the past week or so. Have had several episodes of "Charmed" inflicted on me.

NOBODY GETS TO CRITICIZE CAPTAIN KIRK FOR SAVING THE FEDERATION/GALAXY/UNIVERSE EVERY OTHER WEEK ANYMORE.- This is gonna be a really good issue ( Read more... )

One wonders . . .

On Monday, simple arithmetic reflected the outcome of that effort when better than one out of four city students - 28 percent of an expected enrollment of slightly more than 33,000 - failed to show up for the first day of classes ( Read more... )