For some mysterious reason that I can’t explain, I felt compelled to do a Web search on the word “trinary” this morning, and discovered this…
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For some mysterious reason that I can’t explain, I felt compelled to do a Web search on the word “trinary” this morning, and discovered this…
I scored 100.5ยบ F on the thermometer Friday night. That seems to have been the worst of it. Xy made some awesome chicken soup, and…
I’m rooting for Grokster, of course, in the case being argued at Ye Olde Supreme Court today. I mention this mainly because I make use…
Since Holy Thursday and Good Friday are staff holidays at the University, I decided to take Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday as vacation days and make…
I went to see an eye doctor this afternoon. I wasn’t having any particular problems, but it’s been four of five years since my last…
Today there was a march in New Orleans as part of the global day of protest against the war in Iraq. It’s been two years…
Xy & I inherited the Seddelmeyer family farmhouse in Fort Wayne, Indiana. We promptly moved in. It was huge, much bigger than I remembered, covering…
Xy and I were captured by radical Islamic terrorists and held in a large empty cloak room. We were there for hours and hours. We…
I had some electrical work done on our house today. I hired a friend, Mike Kaplan, to do the work. He in turn employs two…
News Flash: A scientific study indicates that malt liquor is the drink of choice for homeless and jobless people. Who knew? On a related note,…
David Brooks has written a fine and funny commentary on the spirit of New Orleans. Now we lead lives in which everything is a pallid…
I had a new experience today: I went to a parade in New Orleans and I didn’t have anything to drink. I thought that might…
I’ve always been under the impression that Lent lasted exactly 40 days. Looking at the calendar the other day, I noticed the count from Ash…
This is kind of gross, so don’t read just before dinner. This morning I entered the men’s room near my office to find the toilet…
Geraldine’s car was found, somewhere in the Quarter. It was banged up and the radio was stolen… again. Actually I got the news last night…
Our neighbor Geraldine’s car was stolen last night — again. She suspects the people in the blue house two over from us. Everybody says they’re…
I met Sunfrog and Viva, two members of the editorial collective for the Fifth Estate, which is the longest-running radical publication in the country. They…
Alone in a dark room with just a mattress on the floor and a pay phone on the wall. I’m making a call. I’m scared…
SFGate has an interview with Rik Myslewski, and it’s not about MacAddict — it’s about his own personal brand of atheism.
So yesterday a homeless man from Austin had his case against the state of Texas heard before the Supreme Court, and yet none of my…