Archive for April, 2007
Hobnobbing among the elite
EDIT (2-8-2008) – I don’t reveal my own name directly in this site, so it’s not fair that I named my friends. Therefore, I’m editing this entry now. . I [Read More]
Betty White Stockings
It occurs to me that I never quite announced to the world that I am the proud manager of a fantasy baseball team. After about a dozen years away from the sports-geek world of fantasy sports, I’m addicted again, checking in on my team several times today. Presenting [Read More]
$4 gas? Bring it on!
$4 gas? Yes, I root for the price of gas to go up. Call it schadenfreude. [Read More]
What Hath Toastie Wrought?
Dear World, Please read everything I say in here, because I need the world to know my thoughts… Dear World, I just write whatever I write in here for therapeutic purposes. I “explore” my thoughts. I vent. I mock. I share pictures of dogs and cats…. [Read More]
The Inflation Calculator
The Inflation Calculator A fun tool to look at while pondering one’s annual performance review… [Read More]
Roger Ebert kicks ass
:: rogerebert.com :: People :: It wouldn’t be Ebertfest without Roger We spend too much time hiding illness. There is an assumption that I must always look the same. I hope to look better than I look now. But I’m not going to miss my Festival. Good for Roger [Read More]
Durham is a city with a few racists in positions of authority
I had been including in my cabal of “a few racists in position of authority” one elderly, senile individual whose rants, I realize now, should not be construed as influential remarks. It would have been nice had it not been implied to me that I ought to listen [Read More]
Thanks, Dennis Kucinich
I have not read any of the reaction to Dennis Kucinich’s submittal of a resolution to impeach Dick Cheney. I suspect the administration will laugh it off, that most Republicans will dismiss it, and that most Democrats will shy away from it. But I think that everything [Read More]
Burned by Cook-Out
I grabbed dinner at Cook-Out. They normally have very good burgers. (Burgers? I thought you stopped eating beef? I did. I’m eating it again). Anyway, tonight, the burger must have been nuked right before they served it to me. I bit into it, and it burned my mouth, [Read More]
Durham is a racist city with a few racists in positions of authority
I don’t like to self-censor. If I change my mind about something or wish to clarify, my preference is to let the original comments remain in the permanent blogosphere, even if that later becomes an obstacle to future reconciliatory efforts. A lot of the old news [Read More]
