This week seems to be creeeeping along. I find myself somewhat incredulous that it's only Thursday. Another full workday, and then another full week ( Read more... )

So I have no real excuse for not posting. Nothing really preventing me from writing from time to time. Just lack of inclination, I guess ( Read more... )

Tonight, Graham and I prepared surf 'n' turf (steamed lobster and grilled ribeye) with boiled new potatoes and sauteed spinach and garlic for ourselves and our friend Stephanie. She brought over a couple of bottles of wine and some Girl Scout Cookies, and we had a lovely Valentine's Day dinner planning out a dinner party for 25 people later on in ( Read more... )

Graham is DJing a wedding today in Houston, but he's coming back to the ranch tonight to finish off our week here ( Read more... )

I guess it's been awhile since I've actually updated. Sorry for that ( Read more... )

I've been stuck on a book for the last month. Usually, I go through four or five in that period, but I decided to plow through the 900+ page Quicksilver, which is the first of three in Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle. And I find myself revisiting my studies in history, physics, economics, and political theory. It's taking a long time. It's not ( Read more... )

My sister Olivia was one of 160 people booked on a plane with 130 seats yesterday. She knew something was awry when she checked in online and Continental didn't tell her which seat was hers. She got to the airport at some ungodly hour to discover she had no seat on the plane. Rumors started that there were no flights for a few days at least. ( Read more... )

I am always a little baffled by the "War on Christmas". I don't think I've ever seen it personally, outside the internet, until today. I passed a lumber store on Greenbriar that said "Happy Birthday Jesus" in big letters ( Read more... )

Graham and I are getting our Christmas Tree tonight. It's been a lot of years since I've waited this late to get the tree up, but for whatever reason, most nights this week have been pretty busy. We got a tree stand two weeks ago at Home Depot, but we thought that getting a tree the Friday after Thanksgiving was a little too soon ( Read more... )

My office is trying to kill me. For some reason known only to maintenance folk, the air conditioning is on ( Read more... )