The Thought ExhibitFrom Facebook to here. Let’s edit out the boring ones, shall we? 1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? My biological father’s name is Roger. Lee is his brother’s name, but not my original middle name. It was originally Leroy Edgar, a combination of my maternal grandfather’s middle name and my paternal grandfather’s first name. When [...]
Every once in a while I hear some new things that I like to check out. That reminds me other other things I meant to look into. Here are three I just researched today. 1) Obama wants to change the national anthem. Answer: False. I heard this one just today from my wife, who admitted [...]
For those of you reading this from my website instead of from a feed reader, the column to the left houses post titles to another little blog I sometimes email to. The Thought Exhibit is a place for one-liners as they hit me throughout the day. I guess that’s kind of like Twitter, except I [...]
Is it OK that I’m jealous of Kari’s card catalog? Because I totally am. Alas, I am no librarian. However, I do have books. I love books. Here are my bookshelves and my living room reading area: (Yes, those are Christmas lights. They stay up year round. Yes, that’s crappy wallpaper and border that came [...]
I hear they are out, but I haven’t been presented a single order form yet. I feel like I’m going to miss out. I will be very disappointed if I do. Pssshh, economy woes; I want to buy Girl Scout Cookies!
I don’t have much time. They’ll be here any moment. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. My house is now a wreck, and it’s about to get worse. The door’s so misshapen I can’t even keep it closed. There’s no way to keep them out. I knew it would end, but not so soon. [...]
(Tonight is a good night to nab posts from commenting on other people’s sites.) Buttercup: You can’t hurt me. Westley and I are joined by the bonds of love. And you cannot track that, not with a thousand bloodhounds, and you cannot break it, not with a thousand swords. Brian is a conundrum to modern [...]
Kevin says 2008 is behind us like dead body of a freshly killed squirrel. Me…I don’t know…it seems like 2008 is still holding on to life, like the squirrel you clipped with your car but is still back there on the road running in circles because you only paralyzed its entire right side. Soon, though, [...]
Sunday afternoons find me feeling sleepy. If I don’t take a nap, I’m kind of spacey at night. If I do take a nap, I find it difficult to get to sleep on Sunday night. Which makes me tired on Monday morning. Which causes me to drink caffeinated products. Which makes it difficult to sleep [...]