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Faceborg is down, but I am still here!
Hello, hello, hello,
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?
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Coincidence?
I think my iPod is trying to tell me something ( Read more... ) -
College report Fall 2011
Well, this took two months to post! After missing the Spring 2011 semester I'm back at Temple University crawling my way towards a bachelors degree in history with two evening courses, "World War II" and "Jewish Diaspora ( Read more... ) -
Apologies for the Spam
Saturday afternoon around 5 pm my Yahoo! account was spammed . If you got any spam from me please ignore it, and I have changed my passwords. -
Just checking in.
I log into Live Journal once or twice a week just to see what's happening with my LJ friends. There have been fewer and fewer posts, and I suspect that many of them are on Facebook. For myself, I rarely post on Live Journal anymore and spend too much time on FB. Over there is where all of my spontaneous and silly fun stuff appears; here is where I ( Read more... ) -
La Fin du Monde
La Fin du Monde is one of my favorite ales from the talented brewers at Unibroue in Quebec. It is both a wonderful drink, and an experience; usually best paired with good food and good friends. I don't have it very often, because it is so expensive. But if I can find any tomorrow, I'll grab a bottle.
Why?
Because of the May 21 Rapture hysteria being ( Read more... ) -
The Big Five-Oh!
I am 50 years old today.
Until several weeks ago I had been dreading the number but recently with the help of draculachanter decided to embrace the number and revel in my time.
I don't have any deep thoughts but would like to share a quote from one of my favorite books:
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do ( Read more... ) -
Happy Birthday!
I want to wish a happy birthday to my separated-at-birth (by different parents and years apart) siblings!
First: To the aptly-named snugglyevil - I'm sending you a virtual birthday hug!
And to my brother across the Pond:
ayoub lt looks like you are very happy these days, and I wish you a lot more of the same!
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Full Frontal Posting
Got your attention? I haven't posted in two weeks.
Money? We're getting by. draculachanter has a temp job assignment.
N found a local thrift store in Hatboro with some good chairs, cheap! They also had books, but I was good and only got three. In the same neighborhood we found a great bakery and an old-fashioned clock repair shop. The latter was the kind of ( Read more... ) -
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - William L Shirer (Part II)
It has been almost two months since I picked it up, but I finally finished William L Shirer's massive "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" earlier this evening after coming home from work. Two weeks ago I posted my initial impressions, and now that I am finished they are even stronger. Most of the histories that I have read were written long ( Read more... )