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July 2005

De-Landscaping

Sunday, 31 July 2005 9:14 A GMT-05

I spent all of yesterday deconstructing an overgrown garden. Our driveway loops around in a circle and the piece of land in the center was built up with rocks and soil and was once, by all accounts, a beautifully intricate shade garden. The perso

Damned if you do

Friday, 29 July 2005 6:12 A GMT-05

I was six when shuttle Challenger exploded in mid-air, and 29 when shuttle Columbia failed to come back down to earth. In the 23 year interim, there were car accidents, airplane disasters, a few wars and some terrorist attacks which should have, b

Turd Blossom

Thursday, 28 July 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

The thing about free speech is, even the president gets to use it. And then when he uses it within the hearing of people who are likely to gossip, Karl Rove's strangely appropriate nickname eventually makes it into Doonesbury, where unsuspecting

Wild Kingdom

Wednesday, 27 July 2005 6:31 A GMT-05

Our vegetable garden, excited, I guess, by the prospect of being left alone to it's own devices for a few days, exploded over the weekend. When we left we had small cucumbers and tiny little beans and pea flowers. When we came back we had cucumbe

French Playground

Tuesday, 26 July 2005 6:40 A GMT-05

You can get a smoked salmon bagette pre-made in any cafeteria in Montreal. You don't have to speak French but if you don't you miss out on billboard advertisements, conversations and grafitti. The city doesn't wake up until 10:30, 11:30 pm. Th

It Might Be Laura

Monday, 25 July 2005 8:36 A GMT-05

We came back last night to a standing house and only two messages on the answering machine. One was simply informational. The other one was Laura.They Might Be Giants are fine entertainment. We have our own entertainment called "It Might B

Quick like silver

Thursday, 21 July 2005 5:35 A GMT-05

We're leaving for Montreal tonight right after work and as usual we've left important duties like packing until the last minute. So this entry is just to inform you that I don't have time to talk to you right now and furthermore I'm leaving you to fe

Cool Dog Gump

Wednesday, 20 July 2005 6:31 A GMT-05

I got home last night and decided it was entirely too hot to live. So I changed into swimming gear and drove myself over to the local beach to dunk my head. It's amazing what a medium sized body of water can acomplish. I drove back slowly, on my

The Meaning of Is

Tuesday, 19 July 2005 7:04 A GMT-05

Bush is making things up again. We know he can't fire Karl Rove since Karl is the only person who has the keys to the Oval Office. But he could make up a better excuse. Or he could just do some of that straight Texas talk and say, when he said

Letting the Real You Out

Monday, 18 July 2005 6:12 A GMT-05

Competitive games are really just a substitute for war. All the strategy, pep talk, position playing; it's just a front. What we're really doing is fulfilling a very human need for physical conflict, but conducting it in a way that is civilized and

Shoot me now

Sunday, 17 July 2005 6:56 A GMT-05

Game count as of yesterday: 6 games in the last 4 days. Our last game last night was won 23-5, which isn't really a valid softball score. The team we played had also play 6 games in 4 days, and I think they simply ran out of steam. Today we get t

Let the Games Begin

Saturday, 16 July 2005 6:44 A GMT-05

I play modified fast pitch, which only means the pitchers aren't allowed to windmill the ball. In reeality this doesn't make much of a difference in your faster pitchers, but I guess it makes people feel better. They level the leagues by the fast

Morning....

Friday, 15 July 2005 6:41 A GMT-05

It sure is. With all the rain outs in the softball season, we've been hit with all these make up games, and for some reason the powers that be scheduled these things at 9pm. I play in a league 45 minutes away, so I didn't get back until 11:30, tw

Roving Minds

Thursday, 14 July 2005 10:39 P GMT-05

The rumor is that the Bush Administration will introduce a Supreme Court candidate so controversial that the Karl Rove problem will magically go away. I believe it: in trouble for perhaps the first time in his Administration for lying about somethi

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Poetic License

Thursday, 14 July 2005 6:45 A GMT-05

In real life I'm a terrible liar. I just informed Lionel that I might have messed up where he was in his talking book because I accidentally ejected the CD instead of turning on the radio when I last used the car. His response was a nonchalant: &

The Great Communicator

Wednesday, 13 July 2005 6:43 A GMT-05

I have the utmost respect for secretaries. Receptionists. Executive assistants, office managers-- whatever they call themselves: the people who answer the phone and direct calls to other people. It's like cold calling only worse-- you never know wh

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so.

Tuesday, 12 July 2005 6:51 A GMT-05

Okay. So which is it? Aside from which problem costs employees more in the long run (Job turnover and health related issues due to stress versus a mere two hours a day an employee does something other than strictly work): is the "frequent br

Hurricane Season

Monday, 11 July 2005 6:34 A GMT-05

Remnants of Hurricane Cindy washed up onto the shores of Half Moon Pond on Saturday, plus the assessor came to see the inside of this palace we live in; seeing the squalor of boxes and dog hair in which we live through another person's eyes spurred u

Go Google Yourself

Friday, 8 July 2005 6:33 A GMT-05

Boredom leads to weird things, and often it leads to snooping. Insofar as that is possible. So I enter old names from my past into Google and see if anyone recognizable comes up. Googling myself reveals the town I live in and the random fact th

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