16 years ago today, I held Katie in my arms for the first time. You’re still the most marvelous surprise in the world, angel. If I could have special-ordered a child, she would have been you. Thank you for being…
Funny gaming-related comic
So yesterday I followed a link posted in the synpromo LJ community and ended up at one of the many new web-based comic strips. It isn’t even drawn, okay? It’s pictures swiped from elsewhere with text pasted on top, using…
Silly thing
I get all tickled every time my girl posts something about a link I send to her. It’s like scoring Mommy points.
Poetry: Samurai Song
Samurai Song –Robert Pinsky From Jersey Rain When I had no roof I made Audacity my roof. When I had No supper my eyes dined. When I had no eyes I listened. When I had no ears I thought. When…
But what does he do?
ebonypearl, have you and Itzl been to the library lately?
Give Sambear hugs!
My poor baby survived appendicitis – two weekends in a row! He finally saw a doctor this week and drank the nasty barium shake so they could see his innards. The verdict is that the appendix needs to come out,…
Poetry: Hard Rain
Hard Rain –Tony Hoagland From Hard Rain: A Chapbook After I heard It’s a Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall played softly by an accordion quartet through the ceiling speakers at the Springdale Shopping Mall, I understood there’s nothing we can’t pluck…
Two Birthdays!
Happy Birthday to dragontdc and einatlanta!
Welcome Aboard!
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at what truthful in-flight announcements might sound like. Your life-jacket can be found under your seat, but please do not remove it now. In fact, do not bother to look for it at all.…
Ford fattens computer models
According to http://ergoweb.com/, the models, which are used in the design of the passenger area of Ford’s vehicles, are “chunkier” than previous models, to allow for “a bigger belly and wider hips.” The company recognized it is harder to sit…