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TONY!  Or Soul Patch.  YMMV.
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I love 24.  I know that, in the end, all will be well and Jack Bauer will once again end up saving the world, but I actually have to wait 17 more episodes to see the denouement?
Between 24, Carnivale and Joan of Arcadia, there seems to be some relief from stupid [...]

Filed under: Lacking a Muse - Generalities

Catching My Conscience

You know you do your job too well when you’re excited that a delayed sporting event aired a week earlier than it was supposed to – and you race home to get the thing done.
Funny, that.  For all my whining this weekend about not being able to do what I love to do, my job [...]

Filed under: The Word Geek Lives

The Fun Continues with Cars

Cars and the WordNerd family.  We’re not very compatible these days.
A drunk driver hit my grandmother’s house in Mexico.  He drilled a hole in the wall, and threw my grandmother (in her bed) and my cousin and my cousin’s daughter clear across the room.  The roof rained down on them.  They were, magically, unhurt.  They [...]

Filed under: Family Gal, Mexico Lindo y Querido

The Pity Party Continues

I remember the days.  I would finish writing one page on a 10-page paper, re-read it four of five times, then re-write whatever needed re-writing, then re-read it four or five times again.  The pattern would continue until I would leap from my chair in my apartment, whooping and dancing and generally making a bigger [...]

Filed under: The Word Geek Lives

Self-Reflective Musings of the Museless

There are days when I’m reminded of the gentle power that resides deep within me, something I’ve buried and hidden and patted down with enough force to cause a shudder of disgust and relief in me.  There are days when words come so easily that I’m puzzled as to why I can no longer deal [...]

Filed under: The Word Geek Lives

The Dilemmas of a Stubborn Runner

The guy who’s coming to fix the window on the passenger-side door should be here any minute.  It pains me, it really does, to suddenly have to throw away nearly $200, but there you have it.  I suppose it’s much better that this happened at home instead of on my way to the office, on [...]

Filed under: Lacking a Muse - Generalities, The Elegant Runner

I Reiterate – Cold Sucks

Damn.
I just went outside to test my car – turn it on in this cold and make sure the damn thing could still run in this cold.  I let it sit for a bit, then turned it off.
I got out of the car.  Locked my door.  Closed the door.
The passenger-side window completely collapsed.
Oh.  My.  God.
Nice.  [...]

Filed under: Lacking a Muse - Generalities

Not Smart

I have started a post two times already.  Both times, I have received an e-mail and clicked on the link that I needed to follow (like I randomly click links in my e-mail – yeah, right).  Both times, I have lost what I am writing because I followed the goddamn link.  Not smart.
I give up [...]

Filed under: Lacking a Muse - Generalities

“I’m Not Ashamed to Be the Person that I Am Today . . .”

This post has nothing to do with the song by Staind.  I’m just listening to the song right now on iTunes.  I have never been ashamed to be who I am – just a quick clarification on that one, folks.
Anyway . . .
Someone did a search for "tequila cup hockey mexico."
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Nifty.
If the Tequila [...]

Filed under: Hockey sur Glace, Mexico Lindo y Querido

Every Mile Is Two in Winter – George Herbert

How right Herbert is.
The weather gods have been kind enough (note sarcasm) to dump another foot of snow upon Michigan.  Luckily, this didn’t prevent my father from going on a vacation to Mexico.  He’s probably playing billiards right now, shooting the shit with his friends, enjoying a day that’s supposed to hit a high of [...]

Filed under: Lacking a Muse - Generalities