Colds, illness and allergies are running rampant through the Kauffman Household (v 2.2.1). There’s a flip side to a saying… “Anything that doesn’t make you stronger will only kill you.”
Ah, now that’s a relief.
Oh, this is also the time of year when all of the optimism of spring training… is shattered by terrible D-Rays pitching. With a couple of…
Do you have an actor, in your repertoire of actors, that puts you off on their first appearance in a trailer? (Bonus points if you can guess whether I spelled that French word right on the first try!)
Take that sentence, take it back 50 years, and I’ll bet you no one knows what the hell I’m talking about. For the full effect, you’ve got to read the following sentence in a…
To my boss, if he’s out there right now…
I think I might be a little late tomorrow after all. Reality is going to take at least another 30 minutes to catch up, then probably another hour to calm down. That should put me somewhere around one, one-thirty or so. That’s only about, oh… four hours past my bedtime.
On second thought, I’ll just stop by Starbucks and pick up…
There are certain, inalienable rights; among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of televised coverage of your team’s presence in a semi-final OR final championship game.
Set the way back machine to Saturday night, and take a stroll through my life with me…
It’s nearing bed time and my wife has the haggard look of a single mother after a double shift of bedtime prep.
I had big plans for this week. I think I may have shared my plans with all of you. Come on, you remember… I had planned to do nothing this week.
“So John, is there any thing you need at Home Depot?” Cheryl asks me last Friday night.
“Ah, no. Should I need something at Home Depot?” I reply.
“Silly, silly boy; weren’t you going to do Beth’s floor this…
Presumption number one: you pay attention to the books I read.
Presumption number two: anyone is paying attention at all.
My first impression of Harry Turtledove follows his naming strategy… he’s awfully repetitive. Have you ever read a book where the author continuously reminds you what the character’s motivations are?
Chapter 1: “… Jack was uneasy, his acne proof of…
The only time I think about work at home is when someone asks, “So how’s work?”
Tonight was the exception. The Gators advanced to the basketball championship game, and the first thing I thought of was my buddy at work. “THE GATORS??” he asked belligerently at the start of the tournament. “They haven’t played anyone.”
That may be true, but…