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August 2005
Intrepid Economists
Wednesday, 31 August 2005 6:10 A GMT-05
When I was growing up I lived on a dirt road out in nowhere with one other neighbor who lived along the same road. Nonetheless I tried my hand at the traditional roadside lemonade stand-- I think I was trying to sell cookies or something. Two hours
Katrina
Tuesday, 30 August 2005 6:12 A GMT-05
CNN gets to use it's big block letter headline format this morning. "54 DEAD IN MISSISSIPPI" it proclaims. Then it has about ten different stories related to the storm, and today's poll tries to appeal to the humanitarian buried somewhe
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Stereos and types
Monday, 29 August 2005 6:22 A GMT-05
I don't go out and find stereotypes to break but I do like to point them out when I do it. So here's another stereotype down the drain: We took our new bike (who still isn't named-- more on that later) up to the lakes region to attend a wedding.
Ridin' the Roadways
Friday, 26 August 2005 6:18 A GMT-05
I got my motorcycle endorsement about one year ago, and since then, I have put over 5,000 miles on my little Honda Rebel. I've been dreaming of bigger and bigger territory though, places more than an hour away that would be fun to bike to, and even
Shades of Gray
Thursday, 25 August 2005 6:43 A GMT-05
I really wasn't planning on giving Pat Robertson the time of day, but it has been occurring to me that this extremist rhetoric from a so-called Christian organization puts our president between the proverbial rock and stone. Even in apology Roberts
Nature versus Nurture
Wednesday, 24 August 2005 6:48 A GMT-05
We spent last night making pesto out of our basil. It's very easy: basically for every three packed cups of basil leaves, you put in a 1/3 cup of pine nuts, 1/3 cup of olive oil, 1/3 cup of parmesan cheese, and 2 to 3 cloves of garlic. We were ma
Gumpus "Houdini" Frumpus
Tuesday, 23 August 2005 6:29 A GMT-05
Came home last night to no dog in the house and the answering machine flashing. Every year about this time of year Gump makes a few attempts at freedom. He'd probably do quite well if he didn't get distracted by things like the pond or the neighb
Seasons falling
Monday, 22 August 2005 6:28 A GMT-05
Amid this gradual but definite change of seasons, we've reached one mark of the end of summer: softball has ended. Our last tournament was this weekend and it was hot and humid and stuffy. We came in second place. Not bad for a team whose reco
Tour de Ranch
Friday, 19 August 2005 8:59 P GMT-05
Uh Oh.I'm not really concerned for the president. I'm worried about Lance. Given the President's recent performance on two wheels I wouldn't, personally, go anywhere near him on a bike. Hopefully the two will also stay away from pretzels.Now th
Evolution Passing Us By
Friday, 19 August 2005 6:48 A GMT-05
I have yet to figure out why we humans think we're so much more than the animals we exterminate, hunt, capture, and train to do tricks. I guess if you believe in a God which somehow picked us out as special, out of all the million species and all t
Ringing in the ears
Thursday, 18 August 2005 6:33 A GMT-05
Every single morning, excepting Saturdays and Sundays, the alarm clock goes off at the very same time. So why is it that, every single morning, I wake up halfway and wonder angrily: What the hell is that sound?I just think I ought to be used to it
Three Years Ago
Wednesday, 17 August 2005 6:47 A GMT-05
Three years ago, round about this time of day, I was going to the hairdressers to get Wedding Hair. Eventually I put on an extremely impractical white dress and was ferried--literally-- to Chapel Cove, and there waited for Lionel to arrive from the
How many people did you talk to today?
Tuesday, 16 August 2005 5:01 P GMT-05
I estimate I talked to about 20 or maybe 30 people yesterday, including the 12 members of my softball team. Normally I wouldn't find this kind of statistic very interesting, except that one of the people I spoke to yesterday is no longer among the l
Night Life
Tuesday, 16 August 2005 6:40 A GMT-05
Last night, oh, around 11 or so, the fog rolled in. I know this because I watched it roll in, first low over our heads and then, finally, covering the outfielders in a fine mist, finally, the whole field. We were playing in the dark in the fog.
Dark Days
Monday, 15 August 2005 6:34 A GMT-05
Unwelcome signs that summer is coming to an end: the sun is no longer up before we are. It's probably more about the fact that it is cloudy this morning, but the darkness at 6 am subtly prodded me into thinking of fall and winter. I'm not ready!I
Too much time on our hands
Sunday, 14 August 2005 10:19 A GMT-05
Okay......Actually I think this has potential. I think you could field a whole team of elephants to play baseball. If an elephant can pitch a ball, she can certainly learn to catch one, and probably even hold a bat. Elephants can run the bases
Lattitude 44.78N Longitude 71.11W
Friday, 12 August 2005 6:24 A GMT-05
Naturally, since I am trying to take the day off to do outdoor type things, it seems to be threatening us with rain. I must have tipped my hand yesterday when I bought thirty bucks worth of dry flies. we're going up north though, so maybe, just m
American Hubris
Thursday, 11 August 2005 7:40 P GMT-05
Brief update: It takes a special kind of hubris to assume someone who is not from your country would want to be buried in your national cemetery. Get this: all of these men died in Iraq. They all died while on an Iraqi Air Force Plane. So natural
Local History
Thursday, 11 August 2005 6:27 A GMT-05
We here in New Hampshire are in danger of losing our precious shipyard, one of the many bases put on the list for closure by a government looking to cut costs.
Not Being Have
Wednesday, 10 August 2005 6:40 A GMT-05
Coming into work yesterday morning was a little like walking into a circus; after my repotted bear comment, which I only sent to the members of my group and to one other person, had burned across the company in the seconds after I sent it. Apparent
Another word for brat
Tuesday, 9 August 2005 6:32 A GMT-05
ob·strep·er·ous <img alt="Audio pronunciation of "obstreperous"" src="http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/JPG/pron.jpg" border="0" /> ( P ) Pronunciation Key (b-strpr-s, b-)adj. Noisily and stubbornly defiant. Aggres
Searching for Fairies
Monday, 8 August 2005 6:46 A GMT-05
Lionel said it was going to be easy and I should have been suspicious then. He'd gone to an area in the spring time and noticed a mother lode of "fairy spuds", or "spring beauty", a springtime forest flower whose bulb is also ed
Ahead of myself
Saturday, 6 August 2005 8:16 A GMT-05
It's only August but I'm smelling apples and dreaming of colored leaves. This time of year things get easy. Most of the mad growing has stopped, the garden is pretty much doing its thing all by itself, the mosquitoes and black flies and other pes
Score another one for Dilbert
Friday, 5 August 2005 6:25 A GMT-05
Today at work we get to go to a thirty minute demonstration of something ominously called "Health Advocate." It's some website or something which I'm sure is designed on the outside to be a helpful resource to the loyal employees for all th
Drawing Imaginary Battle Lines
Thursday, 4 August 2005 6:37 A GMT-05
In case anyone has forgotten, Timothy McVeigh was the American homegrown hero fresh out of the Gulf War, and the last person anyone would have thought would carry out a terrorist attack on the U.S. Until after it happened, that is.It appears some l