Bad URL is an interesting take on competence. It has a great opening paragraph that every homeowner will appreciate:

Horror stories used to start with "It was a dark and stormy night." No longer. Now they start with "My wife and I decided to add a couple of rooms onto our house."

A couple weeks ago, during a heavy rainstorm, I noticed a drip, drip into the kitchen sink. It appeared that there was a leak in my roof. Not a big deal since it was over the sink. But eventually it would stop being just water, but drywall, attic insulation, and eventually oak leaves and branches. Since I have enough trouble keeping the kitchen ( Read more... )

What happens when role-players take up cooking. It ain't pretty - http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/alttext/2008/06/alttext_0618

Well, that part of my life has passed. Really passed a couple years ago, but took a while to admit it.

I can't afford a $40 cookbook right now.

Happy Thanksgiving All ( Read more... )

Little ghosts and witches, oh my. Fortunately I was able to fend them off with small pieces of candy.

I have acquired, from a co-resident who has developed a new one and hence no longer needs the old one, a four foot long snake skin.

Very cool.

Winston and I are having a dispute as to whether it can be played with.

Apparantly someone has bread cats that are free of the protein that is responsible for most cat allergies - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5375900.stm

Interesting essay - http://www.slowleadership.org/2006/09/leisure-is-meaning-of-work.html