In which I’m confused. And so are some Turkish people! So I’ve had 17 hits today from Google Turkey. People using Google Turkey and entering the search string “mohammed caricatur” are getting this page (a rant from 2004 called “Morning people are not better than night people, damn it”), which has neither mohammed nor caricatur […]

In which I recap. Dinner last night was wonderful. Good friends, good food, a good bottle of wine. We watched a DVD of Barbara when she was on the Smothers Brothers Show (episode 105) with The Cake back in 1967; it was awesome. Her outfit! Their hair and makeup! So fantastic! Rehearsal was good. We […]

In which we say good morning to the peacock. Me: (going out to start the jeep) Well hello there and good morning, peacock! Him: *preen* Me: Would you like some kibbles, then? Him: *cluck-cluck* Me: Hold on a sec. (goes inside, grabs a handful of dog food, goes outside and scatters it on the ground) […]

In which we discuss diction and proper pronunciation. Read the following aloud: We now know the earth is round. Now, did you say “thee earth” or “thuh earth”? This is important. Because it’s “thee earth.” THUH is used before words starting with consonants: thuh cat, thuh door. THEE is used before words that start with […]

In which you update your virus signatures if you haven’t lately. So tomorrow, February 3rd, an obnoxious little virus, if you have it, will delete your virus protection software and destroy a bunch of your data. You’d best not let this happen. Consider this a friendly reminder to update your virus definitions and scan your […]

In which I have luncheon. I had lunch today with three drop-dead beautiful blondes. It was an accident. I’d gotten in the jeep and driven around idly, looking for something that sounded good. I ended up walking into Petit Paris and MissT, Mother of God, and Cheerleader were there and asked me to join them. […]

In which I’m broke, ugly, and underexposed. And at work. We’re so broke that I’m taking the change jar in today, to the only bank in town with a change machine. I’ll stand there nervously hoping I’ve removed all the cigarette butts and nails and rocks and roaches and pocket fuzz and other weird crap […]

In which I have no plans. It’s Friday. I would like to do something fun tonight, but I’m piss poor and I suspect I’ll have debilitating Cramps From Hell™ by the time cocktail hour rolls around. Last night after work I sat in the bar and drank cocktails and read a book until I was […]

In which a toddler is totally cute. My co-worker, Bucket [he hasn’t updated his site since the last presidency, so don’t bother clicking on the link], had his wife and youngest kid here in the office this morning. I adore Bucket’s wife, MrsS. She’s superior in far too many ways to list. (I forgot to […]