Wander, wander, wander. Lee and I went dropped off the bebe and went wandering today. At one point, we wandered through a natural foods market (“I miss going to grocery stores where you dance in the aisles,” he said. “They have pretty good music here,” I said. I didn’t notice I was bouncing around until […]

Ooooh… Astronomy pictures, via Randy.

Eternal as hell. Yes, there are many stages in life. Questionable Content.

More Words. CRUCIVERBALIST A compiler or solver of crossword puzzles. If you encounter the clue “crossword puzzle fan (14 letters)”, this is the answer. It seems to have appeared in English about 1980 (the first reference I can find is to the Compleat Cruciverbalist of 1981 by Stan Kurzban and Mel Rosen, subtitled “how to

Words, via Mike. World Wide Words. The Word Detective (has an interesting book for sale called Making Whoopee: Words of Love for Lovers of Words). Miskatonic University Press (a complete section on Hardboiled Slang, and the Lester Dent Pulp Paper Master Fiction Plot ).

Whee! I took Ray to her first carnival last night. She rode the elephant ride all by herself, and she was twenty feet off the ground. Of course we rode the carosel. She ran full-tilt into one of the mirrors in the funhouse maze. We rode on the Ferris Wheel. I think this is the

Chimerae Neat! A contest at Worth1000.com to create fantastical creatures. Photoshoppy Goodness.

Heh. Bumper sticker commentary.

Via the mighty Lee. I give you…bubble wrap.

Received at work. (It might just be worth being a high school English teacher if you get this stuff from time to time.) Excerpts from some high school essays: Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master. His thoughts tumbled in his head,