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Stretch! Over the weekend of the first, Ray and I drove out to Rapid City to see my Grandparents and other family, some of whom I hadn’t seen for…ten years? More than that? Uncle Dan and Aunt Mararet were there from Reno. Surprisingly, they hadn’t changed much. Dan has gray hair. They both sound the […]

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Silly. So I’m finally reading Jasper Fforde’s* Thursday Next book, Something Rotten when I realize that it’s a silly book. Not a big jump, there. But then I think, “What is silly? Dictionary.com says this: sil·ly adj. sil·li·er, sil·li·est Exhibiting a lack of wisdom or good sense; foolish. See Synonyms at foolish. Lacking seriousness or

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Mad. Sent to customer service at Thrifty.com 08/02/05: To whom it may concern, I had a negative experience with the North Academy location of Thrifty in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This is my first experience with Thrifty. If I ever choose this company again, it will not be at this location. I rented a car from

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Enron. For those of you who have read Stephen Brust, it sounds like the Enron collapse followed the plot of the book Orca. Minus the assassination. I was listening to NPR today…

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Christmas in July. Cool. No crowds. No cards. No snow. No turkey. It was a lovely day. I think we’ll do this again. Pictures when I feel like it.

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Alison Krauss. I finally got around to listening to Alison Krauss and the Union Station’s New Favorite last night. Wow. Alison Krauss sounds like Dolly Parton without all the bad producers. She was one of the female vocalists from the O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack — that’s how I’d heard of her — and

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Post-Potter. No plot details will be revealed. Please skip if you want no hints. I tell myself from time to time that I should slow down when I’m reading. The problem is, I usually ignore myself. I picked up HP yesterday at Borders (I’ve decided that this is the most constructive place to write; therefore,

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A good way to say something bad about someone you don’t like: Pindakaashoofd (PIN-da-kaw-show-ft) This is Dutch for “peanut butter head.”

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