Archive for August, 2008

New Sensation.

29Aug08

If Barack Obama is unexperienced with nearly four years as an US Senator and six years as an Illinois State Senator, then what does that make Sarah Palin with less than two years gubernatorial experience?  Sure, she served on a state commission and was part of city government, but nothing more than that.  (Other than [...]


“You are a lover of words, someday you will write a book.”
I like that one…


I don’t know what gets me more excited every four years – the Summer Olympics or the national political conventions.  They each hold their appeal, but I suppose the conventions are what hold my attention more. It shouldn’t be surprising, as I grew up hearing about my parents’ experience living in Chicago in 1968.  
The [...]


The Macbook has returned to my hands after the hard drive was replaced.  However, we haven’t had time to transfer all our photo files to it, so photographic Friday cat blogging is not available this week.  I thought I’d describe a typical weekday morning as I watch television and surf the ‘net in our family [...]


Kahlua stalking Perl…or Perl stalking Kahlua…you decide.


The Water Cube is awesome, inside and out.  Seriously, if I was a swimmer (which I’m not because I swim like a dork) or a diver (uhh, no, the fear of heights thing), I’d want the opportunity to swim or dive there.  
That being said, synchronized diving is crap.  I don’t like the contrived sports [...]


Perl is always cautious of Greg:


Is the Brett Favre un-retirement saga over?  Something tells me it isn’t.  (Let this be a lesson to you, Joe Sakic, as you make your own decision regarding a return to the Colorado Avalanche.)
I must learn to follow the directions on the mail-in ballot.  Though there’s only one contested race in the state Democratic primary [...]


House hunting, April 2000.
One was too small, a couple were too big, and this one was just right.  
A counter-offer had to be made right away, as the first offer came through an hour before our first view of this house.  The only question was the field behind the house – what would go in [...]


Kari-cat was shaking her head and I caught her ears in strange positions.