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Bittersweet. Here is the story of my boss’s adoption trip to the Ukraine. He and his wife adopted two children, a boy and a girl, two years ago, and decided to return for two of the girl’s friends this year. They left just after the recent re-election in Ukraine. They’re returning with one of the […]

The Five Irregular Men. My cousin Heather taught me this song. Her parents gave her THE LOOK and said it was INAPPROPRIATE. CHORUS: * There were five, five constipated men in the Bible, in the Bible.There were five, five constipated men In the holy books of Moses. Oh, the first, first constipated man Was Cain,

Victory! I have completed Ulysses, by James Joyce. Dude. Plot: A day in the life of Leopold Bloom, in such detail as to make you realize — with as many things that he must have done, said, or thought, or things that affected his actions, thoughts, or words, in addition to the material included in

Da Law. I happened to look up Murphy’s Law the other day. Interesting stuff. Here’s the origin of Murphy’s Laws: [Murphy’s Law] was named after Capt. Edward A. Murphy, an engineer working on Air Force Project MX981, designed to see how much sudden deceleration a person can stand in a crash. This website has a

Black History Month February is Black History Month. At work this month, we’ve been getting daily emails about great black inventors: Those Who Dared Friday, February 11 Lonnie Johnson – Mechanical and Nuclear Engineer Company Profile: “We at Johnson Research & Development Company, Inc. (Johnson Research)specialize in the proprietary development of high technology environmentaland energy

Cute. Ray got a bobbed haircut* yesterday. You know the way she flings her head from side to side all the time? Now it’s flippy. …And last weekend we went to the ARC and stocked up on dresses. …And we got a little plastic tiara with clippy earrings. That’s my daughter, I think. *Think little

Chess. Postcard Chess. This is a free chess website that allows you to email chess moves back and forth. I’ve been playing with a few people and can attest that it works very well — even a space to type comments and kibitz.

Good book. The Curious Eat Themselves, by Jon Straley* “She had the wobble-necked look of a self-aware drunk who fully understands reality is basically an ironic joke that no one else gets. She looked around at the early morning crowd and announced, ‘I need a line of cocaine as long and fat as my arm

Personality Test. Muahahahahaha! Wackiness: 42/100 Rationality: 56/100 Constructiveness: 34/100 Leadership: 64/100 You are a SRDL—Sober Rational Destructive Leader. This makes you a Mob Boss. You are the ultimate alpha person and even your friends give you your space. You can’t stand whiners, weaklings, schlemiels or schlemozzles. You don’t make many jokes, but when you do,

Fingernails. I quit chewing my fingernails. Now I have to stop sticking my fingers in my mouth so I can not chew my fingernails. It’s called a nervous habit for a reason. When stuff gets on your nerves, you do your nervous habit so it won’t get on your nerves. When you stop doing your