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Because I won’t remember her name otherwise: The name of the lead singer for Frou Frou is “Imogen Heap” (Irish/Gaelic for “maiden” or maybe Latin for “innocent” althogh I prefer to translate it as De-ish for “creative pile of stuff.”). She has a couple of solo albums which sound like they might be even better […]

Remind you of anyone? (Karen Dotrice as “Jane Banks.”) So I’m watching Mary Poppins with Ray and Lee when I say to myself, “That girl looks familiar…in fact…she looks like what Jackie must have looked like as a kid.” I look at the picture of the girl now, and not so much. But there’s something

Spring! My body decided today, during lunch, that it was officially spring. My tastes change with the seasons, and I walked out of the building, in 20-degree, blustery, snowy weather looking for fresh vegetables. My ears were listening for chirpy birds, robins and whatnot– Heard ’em, too.

Days of late. Valentine’s Day: Lee bought me cough drops, the right kind. I felt much better. Day After Valentine’s Day: We played cribbage, and he beat me two games out of three. I haven’t played for at least five years, and he’s been playing every day over lunch break with the guys at work.

Buffalo Soldiers. Today, our diversity council sponsored a presntation by a living-history Buffalo Soldiers group for Black History Month. The Buffalo Soldiers were four infantry and two calvary divisions of the US army formed in 1866. The first Black regular army soldiers (the ones that fought in the Civil War were volunteers), the divisions were

Adventure Quest. While Lee lived in West Lafayette, IN, he gamed with a guy named Dan Lawrence. Dan created a game system called Adventure Quest. Lee created a character who decided to make a god. The character picked a bum off the street and called him… Scrogg. See page 310, but only if you’re over

Wedding. My brother Matt got married to Erica last Saturday. It was good. On the one hand, it was good because nothing went so wrong that it couldn’t be fixed. Little things went amiss, causing worry and distraction and tears, but they were soon fixed. I mean, come on. The bridesmaids all wore strapless dresses,

Now that’s a sexy pan. From the Chef’s cookware catalogue: “Nonstick Mini Cheesecake Pan with removable bottoms for easy release.” I bet you could make tarts in there, too.

Rachaelism of the Day: (This is a “that’s my daughter” thing.) Ray’s on her computer. She has her headphones on because her dad put them on her while I was taking a nap. She sees something she wants to show me, stands up, and runs over to my chair, saying “Look!” She pulls the headphones

[Sniffs] I’m so proud… Focus on the Family has cut off their banking relationship with Wells Fargo, because of “the bank’s ongoing efforts to advance the radical homosexual agenda.” Further: “We at Focus on the Family respect the worth and dignity of every human being. We are not attacking the gay individual, nor are we