Sci-Fi Saturday
Well, since I wrote about it yesterday, it’s time for a trip report. Mainly because I’m waiting on my friend Lonnie who called an hour ago and gave me some weak excuse about being late. The plan was for him …
Lego Maniac
Just to confirm that I’m a loser, I’ve been doing this thing for the last four years that I call “Sci-Fi Saturday.” I wake up early, brew up a huge pot of good coffee, make Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls (which have …
1984
Well, okay, new week…new world. That means a trip to my storage unit way up-county in a place where only sinners go. And Hispanics.
Harmony Grove
Well, the last post was kind of a downer, so I’d better put something up that leaves everyone on a cheery note, right?
Morphine Drip
My grandmother is dying. I spent a long weekend in West Virginia saying goodbye and watching my family quietly fall apart. It’s weird, really, to have inane family bullshit spin out of control around her deathbed. Weird because, well, we’re …
Arthur C. Clark Likes Little Boys
True! I wouldn’t bring it up except that I subscribe to hundreds of somewhat similar blogs on Google Reader and, when Clark died the other day, it was a bit much. Everything was: OMG Clark be ded! My friend used …
Smokes
I read today that a Phillip Morris-backed study has managed to “engineer” one of the big cancer causing agents out of tobacco.The article was preoccupied with informing us that smoking is bad and, even with this new GM tobacco, everyone …
Hookin’ Up 91 Style
Call me spoiled, but I like to take around six weeks off in a big block every year and just get my feet off of America. Typically I fly out and bedevil my friends in the UK. This summer, money …
Comcast
Good morning from your capitol city, America. I’m a big fan of how the DC bars get in the mood for St. Patrick’s Day. When else can I walk into any bar at 7:30am and get a beer? Well, there …