And from last year, but still apropos:
Author: Robyn
Light!
Tomorrow when we wake up, the sun will rise a bit earlier and set a bit later. Hurray! Light! Happy solstice. To celebrate I made cookies with a very large
Mark Morford throws stuff at Bush
12 things to throw at Bush Best line: 12. Reality … He will merely blink a few times and get that look on his face like he almost had a
You can tell these doctors are all male
From the Star: Doctors may have resolved the perennial up-or-down-toilet-seat debate for families with small boys in the house. Leave it up, experts say. Falling toilet seats are injuring an
Tree!
Tree! Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. The extremely, enthusiastically, hyper-helpful-even-if-you’re-just-looking-fine-thank-you local Scouts sold us a perfect tree this year — the right height and shape, the right smell, nice and fresh.
Two thumbs up for Supper Solved
M and I went to Supper Solved a week or so ago to make dinner entrees. It’s one of those newish places that’s designed to send you home in a
As we contemplate a coalition…
Quotation of the Day for August 8, 2008 “Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between
Turtles. Still an evolutionary mystery.
There’s been a lot out this week about the discovery of a proto-turtle with a plastron (front plate) but no shell. Very cool! Turtles are extremely interesting in an evolutionary
Because I am twelve, pt. 8407
On the shelf at a local toy shop, next to (appropriately enough, I guess) a doctor’s kit: “Stiffy Stuff”. snort. Someone didn’t quite do enough market research there.
Oh, fine, eat it then.
Me, having picked M up from a birthday party, as she dug into her loot bag: “Honey, don’t fill up on sugary junk. We’re going out to dinner.” Her: “I
Hey, let’s make quiet cars louder!
No, no, no. This is just mad: Hybrid Cars Too Quiet For Pedestrian Safety? Add Engine Noise, Say Researchers Important pedestrian safety issues have emerged with the advent of hybrid
Not sure who wins this one
When I’m out and it’s just D and M having dinner alone, they order pizza and eat it on the couch while they watch videos. When D is out and
Places not worth caring about
I really enjoyed this very plainspoken TED talk by James Howard Kunstler. The official blurb is this: In James Howard Kunstler’s view, public spaces should be inspired centers of civic
Yes, perhaps a little look at the Internet will help
Some days — like, say, today — my brain is very uncooperative and won’t do much except flit about randomly around my head and buzz like some annoying internal deerfly.
My hibernation outfit
Since it’s dropping below zero at night now and I’m preparing to go into hibernation for the winter, I’m on the lookout for appropriate sleepwear. And I have found it:
Why I wear a poppy
I’ve been rather depressed this week overhearing (in my office and elsewhere) a lot of “well, maybe when the old guys die off we can quit this Remembrance Day nonsense.
Because I have not left the house today, nor do I plan to do so
A poem: CONSOLATION How agreeable it is not to be touring Italy this summer, wandering her cities and ascending her torrid hill towns. How much better to cruise these local,
Best wear goggles too
Drive: A road trip through our complicated affair with the automobile
Drive: A road trip through our complicated affair with the automobile by Tim Falconer Falconer talks about the history of automobiles, Detroit then and now, car culture, the quirks of
*blink*
I just happened across an ad in a kids’ paper while I was eating lunch: The Shining Path: Your Newest Option in Childbirth After recovering from the spit-take I had