So, tomorrow is September 11th.  And people everywhere are promising to remember September 11th, 2001.  Promising never to forget ( Read more... )

Last week, there was a power outage at my apartment complex.  A "trunk" went down (I believe that was the term the maintenance guy used) and a chunk of the building, including my apartment, was without power all night (9 or 10 hours).  This was a nuisance to me - I had to use a kitchen timer as an alarm clock and throw out perishable food, but only ( Read more... )

The last time my parents visited, we got together with some in-town relatives to play cards. Improbably, our Rook game ended in an exact tie - both teams got exactly the score required to win. This resulted in the following:

Me: Wow, how often does that happen. Everybody won. ^_^

My grandfather: *starts dealing another hand*

Other in-town relatives ( Read more... )