Month: October 2009
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Food for the Future FairThe Food for the Future Fair is in full swing, and the Knitters Guild stall is being mobbed by kids who want to knit. Here are the unsuspecting knitters right before the onslaught: And here’s what it looked like after the kids found us. Eeek! The Snook and I got to…
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Hallucinations in sensory deprivation after 15 minutes. See? That explains why I couldn’t sleep in the Outback. IT WAS TOO QUIET.
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Awwww, baby Tassie Devils are cute!
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Signs of economic recovery in Elkhart, Indiana. (Video) My mom sent me that link this morning. I’m glad the RV industry has picked back up, but I really hope folks have figured out that it can’t last. The electric cars project seems to best hope for putting everyone to work in a more sustainable industry.
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“The woman at my polling place asked me, do I believe in equality for gay and lesbian people? I was pretty surprised to be asked a question like that. It made no sense to me. Finally I asked her, ‘What do you think I fought for on Omaha Beach?’” Phillip Spooner is a hero, and…
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Obviously I need this one too…
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My Roald Dahl PresentationI just realised that I completely forgot to tell you how it went! Two weeks ago I headed off to Willoughby Public School, where my nephew Kurt is a third grader. They’ve been studying Roald Dahl lately, and Kurt had showed his class my website. His teacher got excited and invited me…
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Luxury Tampons. I had the exact same reaction when I saw that stupid ad.
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“I should like to die. I am sickened at the brute world which you are smiling with. I hate men and women more. I see nothing but thorns for the future … the world is too brutal for me – I am glad there is such a thing as the grave – I am sure…
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Black Dog Syndrome. This is why I’m so glad that Miss Fee was able to rescue all three of the kittens last Christmas. Petey and Tom would have had a rough time in a shelter!