Bumper Sticker
Saw this car in the grocery store parking lot and thought of Jim.
Now that’s a convincing message.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Today’s Word
tricoteuse
? noun (pl. pronounced same)
one of a number of women who sat and knitted while attending public executions during the French Revolution. origin French, from tricoter ?to knit?.
That’s very disconcerting that there’s a specific word for that.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Friday Cat Blogging
Here is an excerpt of some silliness I made for my Dad while he was in the hospital.
Happy Friday!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
How Is Dad Doing?
Dad is doing GREAT!
Saw his family doc this afternoon, who was surprised at how well he was doing. He tires easily, he’s still sore, and he’s lost a lot of weight (more than 40 pounds since summer) but in the grand scheme of things he’s doing great!
I won’t need to take any time off next [...]
Driving in Morgantown
Some people (who shall remain named Nathan) have repeatedly mocked me for complaining about the traffic in Morgantown.
Lets first clarify a few things.
The population of Morgantown proper (and I live in the city) is 29,361 (up from 25,879 in 1990).
The population of Monongalia county is 87,516 (up from 75,509 in 1990).
(As a note, the population [...]
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Why I Can’t Get Anything Done Today
Taken on my laptop camera:
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Tasty Tuesday: Potato Soup
Kim asked, and as I just made two batches, here’s the recipe.
Potato Soup
4 cups of hot broth (vegetable, chicken, or turkey)
4 or 5 medium red potatoes, cubed
1 or 2 leeks, minced
3 tbsp olive oil
kosher salt
fresh ground pepper
Slice/mince the whites of the leeks. Greens can be saved for stock. Wash the red potatoes and cube them. [...]
Tasty Tuesday: Soup
Looks like I’m going to be making soup to take out to my Dad, while I’m waiting for roads to clear enough for me to get out to my parent’s house.
I’m definitely going to make potato soup, and I’m also thinking corn chowder. Maybe a loaf of whole wheat bread while I’m at it.
I’ll let [...]
Monday, January 26, 2009
Happy New Year!
Happy Year of the Ox!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Still Mending–But Slower Than He Thought
Dad is still doing well. He got put on a liquid diet today, so that’s a step up. They also removed his Foley Catheter and his epidural.
He was delighted they removed the catheter (as were well, but for a different reason) and although he was glad to have one less tube sticking into him, [...]
Still Mending
Dad was in good spirits yesterday–partially due to the fact he’s still getting an epidural.
He hoped to have liquids for breakfast this morning, at which point we’ll see how his innards are really doing, and if there will be any “seepage” in his small intestines.
We played several games of Oh Hell, which was made all [...]
Saturday, January 24, 2009
How Things Went
So, to put things all in one place, things went well yesterday.
The surgery was very late getting started (scheduled 11:30, started ~2:30), and only two visitors were allowed in the surgery prep area at a time, so my brother and I took turns, while Michael sat in the waiting room reading this books, playing with [...]
Friday, January 23, 2009
Stressful Friday
If you’ve been following along at home, you’ll remember that today is my Dad’s surgery.
We’re off to Wheeling, where I may or may not be without Internet access for the next several days. I’m taking my new netbook, and I have hopes for at least getting access through Michael’s phone, but at the very least [...]
Friday Computer… er… Cat Blogging
Here are some cat pictures combined with pictures of my new netbook, to give you some perspective on the size of the netbook of course. (Why did I get the “Pearl” colored netbook? Because it was $10 cheaper, and I didn’t care enough to spend $10 for black (now if cobalt blue had been a [...]
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Word Association
I got nothing.
So that means it’s time for a game of word association. Remember, to get around the spam rules, old word = new word.
snow
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Strange Coincidence
Somehow–and although I know how it happened, it still doesn’t make any sense–we ended up watching the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball. (Let’s just say it was Grandmom’s fault and leave it at that.)
I saw quite shocked by the song that was selected for President and Mrs. Obama to dance to: “At Last.” This was the [...]
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
LOOT FOR ME!
I got loot from Anne today!
No, I didn’t take pictures yet. Grandmom has been watching Inaguration stuff all day, and I can’t do anything while TV is on. (In fact, it’s taken my about 15 minutes to write this pathetic post.)
I Can Look at This Again and Again
…and it makes me happy every time I read it.
Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America — they will be met.
On this day, we gather because [...]
20 January 2009
I would like to point out that eight years ago, the depths and horror of the Bush administration were predicted in “Bush: ‘Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over’“.
But today we can begin the reversal of the losses of our civil liberties.
Today we are taking the first step in the [...]
Remember!
Today is penguin awareness day!
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