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Bad Joke Friday
All right, you get two jokes today because I forgot to post a joke last week. Joke the First: Why does a milking stool only have three legs? Because the cow has the udder! (hat tip to Roger, who e-mailed … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Theodore Bikel died yesterday, at the age of 91. My main memories of him are a couple of guest appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation (he played Worf’s adoptive human father), and his memorable single scene in My Fair … Continue reading
Farewell to a Tree
This post seems to be having a viral moment, and deservedly so. It’s an elegy for an old tree. People never had trouble finding our house. “It’s the one with the giant maple in front,” I’d say, “the one with … Continue reading
Instaweeks!
Photographic evidence of recent adventures….
A Random Wednesday Conversation Starter
An early episode of South Park established that if Cartman hears the tiniest snippet of “Come Sail Away” by Styx, he has to sing the entire song. I suspect we all have a song that we just have to finish … Continue reading
Five Lakes (and one book)
I’ve pretty much been of the opinion for years, even though I don’t think I realized it until more recently, that I honestly don’t ever want to live more than a few hours from one of the Great Lakes. This … Continue reading
Sunday Somethings
A few oddities and randomments for the lot of you: :: One night, while we were sitting around at home reading stuff, The Wife came across this, and mentioned it to me. I said, “That can’t be right,” but lo … Continue reading
Neil Simon on how to finish a day’s work
There are a lot of other videos from this same interview on YouTube; I plan to watch a bunch of ’em this weekend. Hat-tips to Mark Evanier, where I first saw the video, and Roger, who notified me of its … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
An old favorite of mine: the Mendelssohn violin concerto. I love this piece to death. Make sure you pay attention at about the 2:40 mark, when the soloist (Hilary Hahn, in this case) soars to a lingering very high note … Continue reading
A Ransom Wednesday Conversation Starter
Asking this question with no hint that it is relevant to anything going on in my life today whatsoever…what’s the most expensive car repair you’ve ever had to pay for? I’ll sit back and glower at the replies. (For no … Continue reading