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October 2005

Bog Cranberries

Monday, 31 October 2005 7:59 A GMT-05

As predicted, yesterday's distraction factor did finally overwhelm us. It was my fault; I mentioned to Lionel that we had to put the boats away, which involves a drive down our private road to a little structure we call the Birch House, which sits

Sweet Sugar in the Maple

Sunday, 30 October 2005 8:41 A GMT-05

It's that time of year again-- well really it's 5 months before that time of year -- but we've turned our attention once again to the possibility of extracting syrup from hapless maple trees. To that end, we're doing something we've never done befo

Blossoms in the Turd

Friday, 28 October 2005 8:36 P GMT-05

Turd Blossom (aka Karl Rove) is saved from the gun today as Fitzgerald focuses his wrath on Libby instead. Some sources say TB's lawyer "convinced" Fitzgerald there wasn't enough evidence to make the charge stick, others theorize that the

Red (White) and Blue

Friday, 28 October 2005 6:37 A GMT-05

Perhaps the salvation of democracy is cyberspace. Being sufficiently bored last night to see what other people were saying about the Great Seal, I found that, with my simple act of "defiance" by putting the image of the presidential seal

The Madness Of King George

Thursday, 27 October 2005 6:37 A GMT-05

Often Administrations cast about for things to distract the public with when things aren't going well. Starting a war is always an option but apparently we don't have enough troops for that. Starting an innovative, progressive program also someti

Snow

Wednesday, 26 October 2005 6:41 A GMT-05

On October 26th. I don't normally mind the first snow of the season, knowing it will melt, enjoying the novelty of the cold hard white stuff in place of driving rain. But usually we have fall first. This year fall is an odd mix of trees confuse

Leaves falling far from the Bush

Tuesday, 25 October 2005 6:39 A GMT-05

The President of the United States has now fully demonstrated his incompetence: now he is showing his complete lack of understanding of the necessary separation of powers between the branches of government. In a classic presidential move, the Bush

All aboard

Monday, 24 October 2005 6:38 A GMT-05

I was on a business trip, I forget why, and so I got on the airplane when the flight was called. The flight attendant led me to my seat. I was flying First Class. Pretty swanky for a business trip, huh? And it wasn't just a seat in First Clas

Spin the Bottle

Friday, 21 October 2005 6:40 A GMT-05

So Anheuser-Busch, in an effort to shore up lagging beer sales, introduces a drinking game called "Bud Pong." The details of the game are beyond me, but it involves ping pong bottles and copious amounts of drinking. The catch, Anheuser-

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Drops of Water Lost in the Ocean

Thursday, 20 October 2005 8:10 P GMT-05

"Even Senator's get lucky..."The real question is, why is a millionaire Senator playing Powerball?

Lame Ducks, Hurricanes, and Other Random Chaos

Thursday, 20 October 2005 6:39 A GMT-05

Maybe it's normal for a president to have such troubles in his second term. Or maybe Hurrican Katrina finally blew some sense into the public and the politicians they support. Or maybe the hearty chaos swirling about Mr. Morals is just happy perc

Rats, Mazes, and Toilets

Wednesday, 19 October 2005 6:35 A GMT-05

You get used to things after awhile, like for instance, the fact that the toilet doesn't work quite right when you flush it. You work a jiggling of the handle into the routine of flushing, and kind of forget about it. Then you call a plumber to f

Disaster Tourism

Tuesday, 18 October 2005 6:51 A GMT-05

I predict New Orleans will have dozens of tourists this year. Because contrary to polite society thought, humans like to see death, destruction and mayhem. That's why we travel to see volcanoes and glaciers, and why we stick so diligently to the

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..and then the winds came.

Monday, 17 October 2005 6:20 A GMT-05

So: anyone who was thinking of traveling to New Hampshire to look at the famous fall foliage this year; don't bother. There isnt any. And even if there was half the roads to your quaint little New England Villages are closed, and some of those vill

Flood-Chasers

Saturday, 15 October 2005 3:07 P GMT-05

Tired of rain, wet basements, and dreary weekends, we were determined not to miss it this time...whatever the excitement was about last weekend was forecast to repeat itself, at least a little, this weekend. So we set off early in the morning in th

Climates a'Changing

Friday, 14 October 2005 6:30 A GMT-05

Well the dreaded rain has come but it doesn't have the flood-like ferocity that makes newscasters happy. It's just rain. Cold rain. Rumor has it that the sun may make an appearance next week, after treating us to another drowsy rainy cold weeke

Fogged In

Thursday, 13 October 2005 6:32 A GMT-05

Last night I dreamt that our basement was flooding again, only this time it had flooded almost to the ceiling and was, more importantly, bone chillingly cold. I got up at one point to put another blanket on the bed but that didn't seem to help much

If I had a Hammer

Wednesday, 12 October 2005 6:35 A GMT-05

Having not done enough to drive up the price of gas, Bush took gas-guzzler Air Force One and went down to Louisiana for the 8th time to bang some nails into plyboard and pose for photos. Laura, who held the nails for her hubby, defended them, sayin

Celebrating Holiday Mondays End to End

Tuesday, 11 October 2005 6:19 A GMT-05

Memorial Day we were plucking the little yellow brats out of the ground. Columbus Day is when we finally bottled it. And the answer to the question is, dandelion wine tastes like.... well, orange juice.The process was fraught with difficulty in t

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