October 3, 2006 – 1:01 pm
Boo Radley at the Old Folks' Home Reflecting Pool. I really like spackling stuff. What a great concept: you just slop this stuff all over the holes in the wall, smooth it out a little, let it dry and sand it even. Ah, would that all of life's problems were so easily smoothed over. I've […]
October 2, 2006 – 1:45 pm
It's gonna be a big month, much moving and change-of-life kind of stuff going on for Monsieur Jimmy Legs. At least I hope so. We're supposed to close on the house this month, but the title agency is dicking around. I'm still sure we'll close this month, but I was kind of hoping that by […]
September 29, 2006 – 9:44 am
Well, it's finally happened: we're paying for the fancy. After years at the same price, pints of beer at the Alibi are now five dollars ($5), up from $4.50. that's an 11% price increase! Is the bar 11% nicer? Well, I thought that when they replaced the taps it might remove that distinctive odor resembling […]
September 28, 2006 – 2:35 pm
Remember the Parents' Music Resource Center? Kids, it was a group of concerned busybodies back in the 80's (lead by Al Gore's wife, Tipper) who really kicked the 'save the children' crap into high gear. Thanks to them, impressionable children no longer had to ask around for explicit lyrics and offensive content, because their "Parental […]
September 27, 2006 – 2:04 pm
I discovered a bunch of old photos, here's what Decatur looked liked when we brought her home from the shelter: Yikes! It's like her eyeballs and ears were full-grown, but her skull was still kitten-sized. Here you can also see her wall-eye. She had a respiratory infection and kept sneezing out green snot on us […]