The BBC and other sources have reported that Bush plans to make a speech endorsing increased troop levels in Iraq. ( The article is here so can read it when it disappears from the web. )

I am feeling completely overwhelmed for no good reason. There are a few annoyances currently, but nothing which warrants this level of upset. My head is throbbing and no amount of tylenol is helping. I am going to try a prescription motrin and see if that makes a dent. I cannot get my on-line banking to function normally. I know it's something at ( Read more... )

A conversation between Ethan and me:

Ethan: I want a VA. I like them.

Me: A VA?

Ethan: Um, I mean a VD.

Me: Huh?

Ethan: You know. I've had one. It's that one that you drink that's all vegetables mixed up.

Me: You mean a V-8?

Ethan: Yeah that! Can we get that again?

Me: Sure.

-Jana

I heard John McWhorter's commentary on All Things Considered this afternoon, and, rather uncharateristically, sent in a comment on it.

( Here is a copy of his commentary since things have a way of disappearing on-line )

Casteylan posted this one and I simply could not resist.

You paid attention during 100% of high school!

85-100% You must be an autodidact, because American high schools don't get scores that high! Good show, old chap!

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We picked up some fresh mozzarella today, Maplebrook Farm Handmade Mountain Mozzarella to be exact. I could wax rhapsodic about it, but I would fail to do it justice. Go thou and taste some ( Read more... )

I am upset and on edge for no good reason. I have not wanted anything that could even be called vaguely nutritious all day. I finally decided, rather uncharacteristically, that I wanted gefilte fish on matzo with horseradish. I knew we had some gefilte fish and horseradish in the refrigerator, so I bought matzo while I was shopping for a few odd ( Read more... )

We went down to Kim's house Friday. (For anyone who doesn't know, Kim is my adopted mother.) JM made a list of all her prescriptions and doctors and called in refills for anything that needed to be refilled. Chorus and I organized her bills and paid them. In the middle of all of this I went up to her bedroom for something and her room was a board ( Read more... )

I have been hesitant to write about this because I have no desire to upset anyone or to be told that I am racist, unthinking, anti-Mexican, anti-Latino, or anything else. But because it has been on my mind so much, I have decided to write about it and see what happens.

( The story goes like this: )

Today, we bought a house. Yes, you did read that correctly. We took the money from the flood portion of the insurance and instead of spending it to fix the flooded portion of the house in New Orleans; we bought a house in New England. We closed on it this afternoon ( Read more... )