Yeah, about that…
Hey, remember this? J.K. Rowling wrote it in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Well, I think those times are here. Throughout the primary and campaign season, our President bashed America up and down, calling it a Third World country because the airports are crap, and you can’t walk through a city without getting […]
Befuddled
“I’m not laughing, I’m just befuddled.”–Chuck Todd, Meet the Press, January 22, 2017 This is the game, folks. In case you missed it, the day after his inauguration, President Donald Trump’s Press Secretary, Sean Spicer had has first press conference–and he spent a good portion of the time lying about the size of the crowd […]
Musical Monday: The Clash
Annnnd here we are again. I have the day off, I’ve spent the last two plus hours working on this damn resolution post, and I’ve decided it’s time to pull the plug on it yet again, because I have other things I want to work on today–like the WiP. I suspect part of my problem […]
Whiff
Well, after extensively drafting my post on Resolution, then running out of time this morning, and spending the last hour post-dinner on it, I’ve decide to… via GIPHY Whoops. Yeah, it’s just one of those days. Maybe next week. For those of you looking for an agent, Agent Carrie posted a little quiz on her […]
The Reading List (The Last)
Good morning, and Happy New Year to all of you! I hope you had a good–and safe–celebration, and I wish you the very best for 2017. I have a thematically-appropriate post on Resolution drafted, but it’s not ready enough this morning and I’m not prepared to craft it into perfection this morning; instead, I give […]
Monday Musing, Post-Holiday Edition
Christmas has come and gone, though the Holidays-with-a-capital-H are still upon us. Yesterday was a lovely day, a full day, and now we’re sort of back into the routine. For example, here I am, improvising a blog post, waiting for my first cup of coffee, and realizing I just forgot to set the timer so […]
Did You Say–Gasp!–Outline?
Good freezing morning to you today! Not only is it one of the coldest mornings of the year so far (outdoor thermometer says it’s zero right about now), but my thermostat continues to prove that it needs to be replaced: for the third time in four nights, it failed to tell the boiler that heat […]
Monday Musing: TV Schedules
On Friday morning, I found myself listening to something curious on one of the local radio stations. Seemed the DJ from one of the five or six stations housed in one building (and, as far as I can tell, these are the only two actual on-air personalities on any of these stations; I think they […]
Weekend Update: And Away She Goes!
Various thoughts and musings over the previous week: –A week ago yesterday, we spent the better part of ten hours in the car getting the Catbird back to school. My wife and the Catbird split the driving chores on the way up; I pretty much drove us home. I like driving, don’t get me wrong, […]
How Do I Work This?
Going back to work after a long layoff is tough, isn’t it? I was last in the office on Monday; Tuesday was travel day to pick up the Catbird (about 9 hours of driving round trip, plus having to eat, plus she had one last class so we had to find some errands to do […]