The Shovel
January 29, 2010
3:00pm. I return home from an unsuccessful attempt at buying a snow shovel at the local Lowe’s. I call the local Wal-Mart – no luck – no shovels. I lob a call in to the local non-chain hardware store – same story. They suggest the local Feed & Seed store. Sounds good to [...]
Honey, does this make me look fat?
Uhh…yes?
Well, that’s the conversation that should have happened between each Arizona Cardinal and his significant other before these uniforms went on public display.
I watched the Cardinals and Vikings play last night with my husband and the first thing I noticed was that the Cardinal uniforms looked, well, weird. When the camera closed in for a [...]
The Sound of Silence
I had an interesting conversation with my husband this morning on the way to the gym. I was telling him about an article I read yesterday discussing introversion and extroversion which stated that there are actually more introverts than extroverts in the US – witty guy that he is, he responded with “and that’s as [...]
Cry Me a River
It’s hard to make goats cry…
Double Vision
If you have ever known an identical twin, you know how disorienting this can be:
Baby, Come Back
I had a very interesting experience upon leaving the gym yesterday morning – perhaps intriguing is the better word. There was a dad leaving the gym, walking out in front of me with his two young children, a 3 or 4 year-old girl and a very small toddler who had probably only just learned to [...]
Tumbledowns
The South seems to be littered with Tumbledowns. They’re abandoned sheds, abandoned houses, abandoned barns, all of which nature is reclaiming. Board by board, brick by brick, they start to fall into themselves with nothing but the friction of their structural bracing to stop them…until gravity wins and hands the tumbled down prize to nature [...]
Don’t Fear the Reaper
A few years back, there was a spate of celebrity deaths, and I noticed that a particular friend of mine seemed to make a point of emailing me to inform me of each death. This struck me as a bit odd – she is not really a celebrity watcher…As this practice continued, she came to [...]
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