Kate and I took Friday and Monday off and spent the long weekend helping my folks move most of my grandmother’s stuff (as well as my grandmother, temporarily) up to the family compound in Maine. Packing up the pickup truck on Friday proved a hot, sunburning kind of task, and banging my healing finger [...]
avoid banging it into things
adequately wash right armpit using only right hand
flip lefthanded bird to Boston drivers
typre legibvly
get back on horse that threw me by chopping more scallions
play foosball
play disturbingly addictive online game, World of Warcraft (more on this later)
toss niece Sabrina around
avoid getting extra-thorough smelling by any cat or dog I meet, presumably [...]
I was using Kate’s wickedly sharp knife to cut some scallions in a hurry, was remarking to myself how I didn’t feel entirely comfortable with the smaller knife, and proceeded to cut enough off my left index fingertip to leave some, complete with a bit of nail, on the cutting board. Nice clean slice, [...]
In 1986 my brother named him Elroy, this black and grey tabby kitten with the pumpkin-colored belly. Like most kittens, he moved at a skittering, tumbling, run on his sprints around the house, not entirely unlike Elroy “Crazylegs” Hirsch had moved on the football field. Always a rascal, always aware enough of the [...]
The administration says the American people want tax cuts. Well, duh. The American people also want drive-through nickel beer night. The American people want to lose weight by eating ice cream. The American people love the Home Shopping Network because it’s commercial-free.
– Will Durst