Friday, February 28, 2003My Kids Say "Goodbye, Neighbour"I wasn't going to tell my kids that Mr. Rogers had died, but they walked in when the news anchor announced it, so there went protecting them from the death of their "friend." I am neutral about Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. His show is extremely high-quality children's programming, as he didn't talk... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, February 26, 2003Death Rather Than Exile? We Can Arrange That.Dan Rather interviewed Saddam Hussein tonight on 60 Minutes II. I did not watch the whole interview, but I downloaded the transcript from CBS's website and read it. There are several things in it that provoke comment. Mr. Hussein stated that he would prefer to die than to leave Iraq. I'm all for... Sign in to see full entry.Job Search ThoughtsHaving just scored a great job after nearly four months of very discouraging attempts to find work, I thought perhaps it would be nice to say a few words to those who are still looking. First of all, hang in there. Now maybe you're thinking, "That's not helpful." But it's a fact that the longer you... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, February 25, 2003Is Prurience Really Humour?I've recently been watching some of the "funny video" shows, like America's Funniest Home Videos, Most Outrageous Game Show Moments, Bloopers, and the like. And I'm a bit concerned. Fully ninety percent of these "funny" moments are the result of some obscene, indecent, or lewd comment. What does... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, February 24, 2003Folding SoxIf I see another sock, I think I will commit seppuku with my bread knife. I just finished folding two weeks' worth of laundry, including 72 pair of socks. How in the heck do one adult and two pre-schoolers go through 72 pairs of socks in only 20 days? The kids' socks aren't so bad. I got each of... Sign in to see full entry.Ersatz Writing PromptI can't stand to think of all Whim's addicted adherents going without a prompt, so here's one for today, with apologies to Whim! Hope you're all right! Ersatz prompt: Fake ID Use Whim's rules.... Poseur The guru had disappeared. His devoted followers were perplexed. They could not contact him; they... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, February 23, 2003What's HE Doing in Here?Whim's done it again. I can't pass this one up. If I met my favourite author in the restroom, well... Joining John in the John I pushed on the beribboned kangaroo and the pink-swirled "Sheilas." Damn. All full. I amuse myself by looking at shoes. Keds. Very chi-chi silver stilettos. Black leather... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, February 22, 2003You call THAT gumbo?As I grew up eating the real, honest-to-goodness, Acadian specialty at least once a year when we visited relatives in New Orleans, perhaps I am biased... or too much an expert to be fair. But when I pay a couple of bucks for a "bowl of gumbo," I expect something resembling the real thing, with real... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, February 21, 2003Rain, Rain, Go AWAY!It's raining again here in the Mid-South. We've gotten so much rain in the last couple of weeks that we have now erased the precip deficit that we started February with (I think it was about 4 inches below normal), and we are now about that much over normal. Thanks to faulty design of my suburb's... Sign in to see full entry.No Longer UnemployedI will officially leave the ranks of the unemployed on Monday. After five and a half months of demeaning, humiliating effort, I landed a position -- and getting this one was almost effortless. Go figure. All those resumes mailed, faxed, and e-mailed (250 at last count), all those online applications... Sign in to see full entry. |