Viriler. That’s the word I used as the first play of our first game of Scrabble last night. (It was four-way Scrabble: Xy vs. me…
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Viriler. That’s the word I used as the first play of our first game of Scrabble last night. (It was four-way Scrabble: Xy vs. me…
Just got word that Xy’s brother’s girlfriend has successfully given birth (via C-section) to a healthy baby girl: Ella Dee Paxson, six pounds and a…
After more than four months, a box of various equipment I requistioned finally arrived today. Included in this box was a 250 GB external firewire…
I ride under a lot of tree branches every day. About half of my ten minute ride to work is under tree branches. These tree…
Just got a call from Jaylene in Indy, whom some of you know. She told me her mother has just died, rather unexpectedly and from…
Remember when I said I was done posting pix from our vacation trip? I was wrong. I found a dozen more which I’d meant to…
I’ve been wearing contact lenses for almost four months now. Mainly they’ve made me realize how much my glasses suck. But the contacts are far…
It’s taken a couple weeks, but I’ve finally posted all the pix from our vacation. Well, not all the pix, but 87 of the best…
How hot is it? It’s bitch-ass hot here in New Orleans. There’s just no other way to describe it. I asked Xy yesterday, “If you…
Why does Indiana look so gray in the Google Maps satellite view? Thanks to Mr. Whybark for pointing this out.
I’d originally put in for last Monday as a vacation day. But I came back from our trip a few days early, and was ready…
All the fretting we’ve been doing lately — me for the last few years, Xy for the last few months — about whether or not…
The Xavier University Bookstore is selling copies of the new Harry Potter book — two days early. This could be trouble, like what happened in…
Our friend’s sister is getting married in a hurry, because the groom has to ship off to Iraq. They had a videographer lined up, but…
Back to work today, and it was quite comfortable to be back in my office doing what I do. Cozy, almost. All the familiar faces…
Life is pretty much back to normal in New Orleans, now that the threat of Hurricane Dennis has passed. We had some gusty winds yesterday…
I’ve been reading about chiggers, and it’s fascinating stuff. I thought they were insects. I thought they burrowed into your skin. Wrong on both counts!…
We got home last night. This was the longest vacation Xy and I have been on together, ever. Days away: 16 Miles travelled: 2,506 Gas…
Last night we ate dinner in a cave. We woke up this morning in the DeVille Motel in Waynesville, Missouri, perhaps slightly hungover from the…