I've spent some time on sporting event sidelines in the last few years. (5K and triathlon, mostly. Rae hasn't quite worked up to a marathon yet; I give it a year or two.) Here's the thing about these sidelines. They're like parades, but *better*. Objectively, a race is less interesting to watch than a parade; just a bunch of people doing the ( Read more... )

My sister and I have this big ritual around the Opening Ceremonies which we weren't able to do this year due to some *very* poorly timed travel (AHEM - check the calender next time, missy!) and I was kind of maudlin as a result, which made me pensive.

( Paul McCartney is looking a bit... jowly. )

I know a lot of people think Irene was a whole lot of big whoop about nothing and would rather read El Bloombito (and OMG the things I could tell you about her....) but we're only just now seeing the end of the flooding here. Next comes the cleanup, and on Friday night, Andrew Cuomo announced volunteer cleanup days over Sunday and Monday of this ( Read more... )

I was going to post last night about my house hunt*, but then news about the earthquake hit and it seemed crass to natter on about my Pergo issues when one of the poorest nations in the world was being destroyed. So instead here are some ways to help"For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath ( Read more... )

Now that the whole nausea-inducing spectacle is behind us, I feel comfortable talking about the state of American politics as I see it. My approach to this topic may surprise people who think they know where I stand politically, and at least a few people reading this are going to have seizures for various reasons. I'll try and give you advance ( Read more... )