Bad puns.

Another chain-type e-mail I got today. It’s the last line, really, that makes the whole thing. 1. A bicycle can’t stand alone; it is two tired. 2. A will is a dead giveaway. 3. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. 4. A backward poet writes inverse. 5. In a democracy it’s […]

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Book Review: Fine Prey

by Scott Westerfield. Okay, I have a secret. I wasn’t all that thrilled by Uglies. It was okay…but it wasn’t my thing. Oh, no! Not a secret anymore!!! But read Fine Prey today, and was happily engrossed. Now, most people are going to feel exactly the other way — that Uglies is better than Fine

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Win some, lose some.

The bad news is I twisted my ankle. Not too badly. The good news is the little garden plot has had its soil broken up, amended, mixed, and planted with corn and melons. And the worst of the weeds have been pulled up…at least I know that if nothing else, elm trees will grow well

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Joke of the Day.

A boss wondered why one of his most valued employees hadn’t called in or phoned in sick one day. Having an urgent problem with one of the main computers, he dialed the employee’s home phone number and was greeted with a child’s whisper. “Hello?” “Is your Daddy home?” he asked. “Yes,” whispered the small voice.

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Spam of the Day.

Wha-huh? All of a sudden, I feel like I’m in an alternate universe.—Dear Friend, Compliments of the day and God’s blessings. I am glad to inform youthat I have successfully concluded the transaction,the money has beentransferred to London.It was done through the assistant of Mr. HowardFerraro who is a London base business man.Currently I am

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Word of the Day.

flagitious fluh-JISH-uhs, adjective: 1. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; — said of acts, crimes, etc.2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; — said of persons.3. Characterized by enormous crimes or scandalous vices; as, “flagitious times.” Flagitious comes from Latin flagitiosus, from flagitium, “a shameful or disgraceful act,” originally, “a burning desire, heat of

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