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The other day ago* my son comes into my room and tells me that I need to get up. Why? Because there is something I need to remove from the bathroom sink. He said it was a large spider. It turns out that it was not just a large spider, but a huge gigantic tarantula-sized spider. I am pretty sure it was a wolf spider, which are not poisonous, but ( Read more... )

Hurray, I fixed the lawn mower ( Read more... )

My son and his friend were playing outside and as I went by, I was presented with a standard 7-8 year boy type of question: "Are you a druid or a clown ( Read more... )

I had to work on Sunday and when I came home, my wife asked my son to tell me what happened earlier in the day. Apparently 2 kids from the neighborhood knocked on our door to see if my son could come out and play, but he was doing his homework. My son related that "Mommy told me to stop doing my homework and go outside and play", even though he ( Read more... )

A few months ago, I affixed my vintage Watchmen pin, the one with the smiley face and the bloodstain, to my jacket.  With the movie coming out, I figured it would make me look trendy. I was mildly surprised that I actually kept the thing, and amazed that I could find it ( Read more... )

I have been spending way to much time playing with the Wii that came to our house for Christmkwazakkah 2008.  Although I think my time spent playing with the Wii Fit has actually been helpful since I have lost a few pounds and can now do about 14 pushups, about 4 more than when I started (Although whether this is because I am geting stronger or ( Read more... )

At 3:30 today, I got a call on the reference desk from a student who wanted to know if the university was open this evening.   It was not snowing at the time.  There was no snow on the ground.  Admittedly, there was snow in the forecast.

But yes, the university is open.

Mr. President, us Baltimorons need some flinty Chicago toughness too.

My place of work allows each student to print 350 pages each semester as part of tuition, I guess.  Thereafter, students can buy additional groups of 100 more for $5 each.  Each public computer on campus requires that the students log in before they can use it, and if a student prints something while logged in, pages will be deducted from his/her ( Read more... )