Annette was here for Thanksgiving and we, once again, disappeared into the hills north of Idaho City and pretended to be the two last people on the planet.
Unfortunately our reverie was intruded upon by two uniformed backcountry guys on some kind of a mission. But they (and their excitable chocolate springer spaniel) were with us [...]
Day 958 - Must. Clean. And Another Crash | read this item
I just got back from a short ride up to Lucky Peak to have a look at the water level and see what, if anything, was going on. As i passed the lower park area the car ahead of me suddenly slowed. We continued to round the lower bend and i saw why he had [...]
I copped that title from a friend, but the sentiment is genuine. See, i just read this on /. :
“Today the last section of the old Edison DC power grid will be shutdown in Manhattan. ‘The last snip of Con Ed’s direct current system will take place at 10 East 40th Street, near the Mid-Manhattan [...]
From A.O. Scott’s obit/appreciation for Mailer.
All four of these will be shown as part of “The Mistress and the Muse: The Films of Norman Mailer,” a fascinating and wide-ranging retrospective taking place during the next two weeks at three Manhattan cultural institutions: the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Paley Center for Media and Anthology [...]
“If cats sleep for a living, what do they do on their days off?”
I love all animals (and almost universally prefer their company to that of humans) but i have a special fondness for cats. I’m unsure why this is since we had a couple very nice dogs as pets when i was younger. I [...]
I watched 2 plus hours of the most preposterous product Michael Bay has ever put forth and if it weren’t for this woman i’d have tossed the disc in the trash and told Netflix it never showed up.
I liked this scene despite the fact it made me chuckle.
This cold/virus/whatever sets the new record. Well, actually maybe it ties. Years ago in New York i had a horrible cold that actually put me in bed, as in “cannot stand up” for three solid days. It took the rest of the week and most of the following week to come back to life. I [...]
Ok, this is funny. The following quote was lifted from the original at miceage.com
The boats and flume of Disneyland’s it’s a small world were originally designed in 1963 and installed for use at the New York World’s Fair in 1964 and ‘65. The Americans riding in those pastel boats almost 45 years ago [...]
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