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Our toilet is a featured exhibit in the Museum of Unintended Use. Check it out.
That we even call this the post-Katrina era in New Orleans is somewhat misleading. Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast east of New Orleans, but it…
This is not quite the “supervillain look” I described last week, but it’s as close as I’m liable to capture on camera.
House update: Our initial offer was $9K below the seller’s asking price, which got us to a nice round number. We also specified they cover…
photo by Michael Lehet I recently read that cilantro may help the body detoxify from heavy metals. I don’t know if it’s really true or…
I got a press release about an interesting event coming up on the fourth anniversary of Katrina. My comments follow. Gulf Coast Rally to Demand…
We are making an offer on a house today. I don’t want to reveal too many details for fear of jinxing things, so suffice it…
“Chigger Bites” has become my first and (only photo) to score over 10,000 views on Flickr. No need to share your home remedies, by the…
Dear Persephone, It’s your half-birthday today. You’re one and a half years old. Sometime over the past month you made a big transition. You went…
Two weeks ago I took our daughter in for a second opinion screening to check her blood lead level. I can’t believe it took two…
Last night for the first time ever we left our daughter with a babysitter and had a fun night out on the town. Actually it…
Title: The City & The City Author: China Miéville Published: 2009 When I saw that China Miéville had a new book out, I snapped it…
It’s new faculty orientation here at the University. This is the busiest time of year for those of us who work in faculty development. It’s…
What started as a mild sore throat ten days ago has moved through various stages. I had some nasal congestion for a while but now…
It’s been three weeks since the Lutheran Invasion, but there’s still a pile of four-year-old flooded junk in front of the house next door. Don’t…
I really hate our whole healthcare/insurance system, which is why I get excited when I hear about reform and discouraged when it seems to go…
I need a little break from reality so I indulged in one of my favorite fantasies, namely that of being a DJ on a freeform…
I’m still holding out some hope that we are panicking unnecessarily. We are waiting results of a second fingerstick test which the girl got on…
I’ve put a lot of my heart and soul into our old house. Xy has too. So I thought it would be painful to contemplate…