A quote from Robertson Davies:
In opera you must have a prima donna…always soprano always the heroine often a fool; and a tenor who plays the lover to her; and then you have the contralto who is a rival to … Read more
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Birth Certificates have been ordered.
That’s one more chore to cross off the list.
OH, and before I forget.
Here’s the summary of this morning’s NPR dream: I dreamed that I was friends with Madeline Albright. And that she looked so much different than she did when she was in office. Maddy had had … Read more
Oh, for the love of Mike…
There was a severe weather advisory in the Weather Underground patch to your left. What? Hazardous weather? HERE? No way! I had to check it out for myself — and this is what I read: … Read more
If the meat of the week is pork…
Try this: Pick up some soy-ginger sauce (Whole Foods brand) next time you pop by there. Also get a pork tenderloin and a few heads of baby bok choy. Marinate the pork medallions in the … Read more
Best spam I’ve gotten in awhile:
austins the name spammins mAh game you mess wit da 47 man, pshh you aint g0t n0 plan step t0 mah elite mailin skillz, joo best head to da hillzzzzz when 47 gets j00 ya … Read more
OMG — Farah’s Miss Belize.
How weird is that? A geek is Miss Belize! Maybe Farah should try for Ellen’s title of “Sexiest Geek Alive.”
I have been looking at this too long.
On this page, there’s an advertisement for “AspUpload” — which I of course read as “AssUpload”. Must break for lunch!!
For the record, I am XML’ed out.
It’s tiring to try to ingest such a huge body of information in a few weeks. Note the use of the word “try” in that sentence. I’m not exactly succeeding — but I haven’t exactly … Read more
Begin anecdote:
When I was nineteen, I worked for The Plano Star Courier doing paste-up and typesetting advertisements. Mostly, real estate ads. You know the kind — little picture of a house above a little blurb about … Read more