I think I'm going to buy a 12-gauge and use it to blast the cacophonous, snot-nosed urchins who play on the cement stoop outside my apartment. Particularly if they persist in doing it where I should under no circumstances be able to hear them. True, I suppose it might be less arduous (and keep me out of jail) if I were to simply find out who their ( Read more... )

Saying good-bye never gets easier, although after almost a year we've had plenty of practice. I've been and gone four times now, and I still feel sad ( Read more... )

I went to a family reunion this weekend (m0mmy's people) and saw the Ancestral Manse. There's a lot of stuff I want to say about that, but I'm really zonked right now, so it will have to wait. Doesn't help that I came straight home, made a cake for Amber's birthday tomorrow, threw a load in the wash, and then went out to smoke. Haven't smoked in ( Read more... )

So yesterday was pretty good. We were going to go see the fireworks at 9:30 on the Ohio River waterfront; our initial plan had been to go out and get something to eat at Los Bravos, which was closed, or Kipplee's, where the dining room was closed but the take-out was open. Opting for instant gratification, we wound up at the Crazy Tomato instead, ( Read more... )