Tue Aug 29 11:16:00 EDT 2017

anniemal's picking a fight with the contractors working on the empty house next door. The house has been vacant for months, and I guess someone has bought it and is making changes before moving in (or the seller is trying to make it more attractive?). There was a dog in the back yard Saturday, nosing around but not barking. ( Read more... )

Tue Jul 11 12:10 EDT 2017

I've just pre-registered for the Pennsic Choir (It's an open choir (no auditions); they just want a way to contact people and some clue about voice-parts distribution.) and the blood driveThere's a blood drive every year Fri/Mon around the middle weekend. It's much less crowded on Friday, since many people don't arrive at ( Read more... )

Sat Jun 24 22:52:34 EDT 2017

I just heard this song on the radio:State Street Swingers - You Drink Too Much lyrics
Download 320kbps mp3You get mad when I call you old ( Read more... )

Sun Oct 16 15:26:26 EDT 2016

If you have taken on for yourself the role of "huswif", it is your duty to see that consumables are provisioned; in this household that includes milk (skim), butter (unsalted), peanut butter (crunchy, unsalted, no additives), and toilet paper. And kitty litter. I will have to go out today to get kitty litter. It is ( Read more... )

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Fri Jun 27 12:50:01 EDT 2014
How did the gallon jar get broken?

You knocked something off the shelf onto it when you got home [from Wicker Man] Sunday night. Then I had to tell you repeatedly not to walk through the broken glass barefoot.

But I don't walk around barefoot.

You did Sunday night.
And remember the refrigerator (again)? There's still ( Read more... )

Wed Mar 5 02:36:31 EST 2014

Death in ParadiseSomething you're not likely to see in an American TV show: 4 minutes into the first episode of season 3, we find the lead character murdered. I thought it was going to turn out to be some elaborate dream sequence, but no, the star of the show really is dead, and he's replaced by someone new. (Ironic, ( Read more... )

Tue, 31 Dec 2013 03:46:58 +0000

anniemal does not remember my calling her last Monday (Dec 23) about a ride home from the Ballston Metro. (She answered my first call, when I was at Metro Center, but did not answer my later calls from Ballston.) She does not remember much of anything about the first half of last week. I guess that's why I was doing some of ( Read more... )

Mon Dec 23 10:45:01 EST 2013 ( Read more... )