I’m off to German Stammtisch over in Hanover again tonight. (That’s the once-a-month gathering of German speakers sponsored by the German department at Dartmouth, so the students have a chance to use the language with native speakers for an evening.) There are two more Stammtisch meetings before the end of the year, and it’s a [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘randomosity.’
October 15, 2009
autumn moods.
On Saturday, I’ll be driving over to Maine with Quinn, to visit the sister of an old friend who died two years ago. I had been making noises to her about coming to see her for over a year now, and I’ve finally decided to take a Saturday and just go. Quinn’s coming along because [...]
September 24, 2009
thursday randomosity.
Jeebus H. Chrysler, the footage from the League of Nations United Nations shindig looked like the pilot episode for The Bedouin Hillbillies. Gaddafi, Ahmadinejad, and Chavez get lectern time at the U.N.? Any organization that turns over the podium to an avowed terrorist sponsor, a bugnuts insane Holocaust denier, and a chunky vest pocket tinpot [...]
September 19, 2009
random saturday crankiness.
Lady at the register at Price Chopper in front of me: If you pay a $400 grocery bill with EBT, you should not have a half dozen live lobsters in your shopping cart. Also: EBT is meant for you to get nutritious stuff for your kids, too. You also purchased a whole 12-can flat of [...]
July 29, 2009
lame wednesday update.
I don’t have anything earth-shaking to report today.
Yesterday was the Day From Hell. I had the Toy Wars going in the house pretty much non-stop from breakfast to dinner, and I’m not at all ashamed to admit that I had a glass of Parenting Juice with lunch already.
Today was much better. The kids were actually [...]
July 18, 2009
selling a piece of your family history.
This eBay listing for a Parker “51” fountain pen makes me just a little sad.
The depressing part is this sentence in the description:
This pen belonged to my father.
The fifty bucks he may get for it will be spent quickly, but that pen will be lost to him forever.
I certainly hope that when I pass my [...]
May 21, 2009
thursday randomosity.
I know I’ve said I’m “almost finished” with the novel for the last month or two now, but it looks like I’m Really There this time. I may be writing THE END underneath by the end of this weekend, if all goes well. My problem was narrative overrun–I consistently underestimated the number of chapters required [...]
May 14, 2009
thursday randomosity.
The satellite Interwebs are borked again here at Castle Frostbite, and the connection is merrily going up and down like a yo-yo all day long. (I’m typing up this post in Windows Live Writer, to be sent out during one of the satellite modem’s rare lucid periods.) The tech will be out within the next [...]
April 28, 2009
a book destined to sell only nineteen copies.
A recent comment motivated me to create a protagonist for a new series of novels–a main character who’s designed to be as offensive as possible to the greatest number of readers, so I’ll get the maximum number of incensed letters from infuriated people, and indignant press releases from all the easily offended groups out there.
He’s [...]
April 23, 2009
thursday randomosity.
Michigan man is charged with felony for checking email over a coffee shop’s unsecured WiFi network. That’s right, folks: piggybacking on someone’s WiFi without asking permission is a F-E-L-O-N-Y now. Felony, as in: lose your voting and Second Amendment rights for life. Pretty soon, it’ll be easier to just write all the stuff into the [...]
