CHEESE GRITS!

That is all.

Lewinsky and Kaczynski

The Washington Post runs a weekly contest in its Style section called the 'Style Invitational'.

The requirements this week were to use the two words 'Lewinsky' (the Intern) and 'Kaczynski' (the Unabomber) in the same limerick.

Now, remember, the following winning entries were actually printed  verbatim in the newspaper, no ( Read more... )

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY! Just applied for five scholarships; have to read nine Hemingway stories, and seven essays; have to fill out my application to be a TF next semester; need to update my drivers license; should submit a story to a journal for publication; uh ... there's something else, but I can't remember what.

If the final unpacking and cleaning goes according to plan (now isn't THAT a novel idea), then we should be posting pictures of the new pad later today,

We have been in our new apartment for one week today. We still haven't finished unpacking and have only just started hanging pictures and decorating.

( Adventures In Moving and Unpacking and Nosing Around )

Ah'm tahed. Ah'm so tahed that even mah spelling is drawling out in a Jawjan accent.

We came home last night and decided to move the living room furniture into the now empty dining room so the carpet cleaner can come on Tuesday. And that just got us moving. We finished with a clean living room and kitchen. At 3:30 AM!

As Trish said, she found a ( Read more... )

HAPPY 24th ANNIVERSARY TRISH! Sigh ... the most gorgeous bride, the most beautiful redhead God ever designed!

You're still my best friend and I'd marry you all over again ... right now!

And I don't mind the whole wide world knowing how much I love you, and how much in love with you I am!

So, I am now 48 years old.

Big deal!

Based on Boutwell longevity, I'm still not middle aged. Dad died young at 88. The average lifespan for a Boutwell is 96. Dad had a cousin who made it to 107, and the way I feel, I'll beat that. If it's true that you are as young as you feel, then I'm still 30. At any rate, I'm old enough to know better, but still ( Read more... )

I was in line at a garage today to get the oil changed in my truck. The man in front of me said his name was "Mr. Clitia."

Good thing I had just swallowed my Coke!

Seriously, that's a porn star name! And this guy looked like a 70 year old former tractor mechanic.

Never chase a cat through a house without first checking to see where all the doorknobs are. Good thing I have a hard head.