I dreamed this morning that I was dodging fireballs ( Read more... )

I'd like to go to Italy
Just to eat the food
Just to drink the wine
Just to go
-Patty Larkin, "Italy"

So, this post is not about Italy. It's about Japan ( Read more... )

Have you heard of "conjugating adjectives" in English?

I'm thrifty; you're frugal; he's cheap.
I'm assertive; you're aggressive; she's pushy.

This postholder is possibly about declining nouns.

One person's rescue is another person's escape.
Someone's dream job may be someone else's nightmare.Sometimes, you do the right thing -- and it doesn't ( Read more... )

So in between the B/W Parkway and West Park Drive,
there's this moment in time and space:

Empty space in your head next day
Memories have come and they have gone
Open your eyes can't get back to sleep
Though it's the earliest crack of dawn
There's a nagging something
You can't quite put your finger on...
-Tracy McDonnell

Do I feel better because I ( Read more... )

[Part of this was originally posted private on July 21, 2009.
Updated 12/2/2009 to honor helping hands and making mistakes.]

Bob Uecker, who does play-by-play for the Milwaukee Brewers ( Read more... )

So, I attended a ceremony last night ( Read more... )

The best lesson you learn today will not be found ( Read more... )

We gonna to do what they say can't be done
We've got a long way to go, and a short time to get there
Jerry Reed, "East Bound and Down"

At 44, it's frustrating to feel like I'm on ( Read more... )

Shucks, folks, I'm speechless.
-Lion

For those of you whom I haven't had
much chance to talk to very recently,
and even for many of those I have:

As of Nov. 28, 2005, I enter a new world.

I will be an independent contractor
in my chosen field of user-centered
analysis, design, and testing. I have
a chance to operate as a consultant
with Human ( Read more... )

Lion: All right. I'll go in there
for Dorothy - Wicked Witch or no Wicked Witch -
guards or no guards - I'll tear 'em apart.
Ohhh! I may not come out alive but I'm going in there.
There's only one thing I want you fellas to do...
Tin Man and Scarecrow: What's that?
Lion: Talk me out of it.

Last weekend, while the mice were away:
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