A year later and I still can't figure out a few things from this display  in a suburban Maryland discount shop:  WHY doesn't ...

Murphy's law: If you HAVE your umbrella with you, and it looks like this ... it won't rain. I did. It didn't. B...

There's a whole series of memes online, usually perpetuated by authors, academics, or freelance writers, that distills down to: You ...

for Gdawg, where/whenever he may be It happened again the other day Taking the lift, as I normally do. I swear I felt your prese...

Dear Readers (mostly Parental Units), Yes, I'm fine. Really. I just couldn't get my act together to write a series of real post(s). ...

It was an epic struggle to get to work today. We’re in the midst of a three day snow event, which someone called a snow-hurricane. First the...

Who: Auntie Nettie and Jenn spotted this... What: Congratulations Juan Carlos! The baby's not yours! When: Sunday, October 11, 2009, m...

1. You just know it's going to be a good week when ... you get “accidentally” punched in the boob while trying to exit the bowels of Gra...

Don't be a chicken. Be a STAR! (thanks for the idea Cheryl)

~ courtesy of anonymous orchestra kids in CT

After watching last Friday's episode of Battlestar Galactica I had a couple of thoughts. Was it me, or was the program a rampant fraki...

Overheard Friday evening while travelling through Grand Central Terminal. Usually you only half listen to the announcements, as they are gen...

"There's only one answer -- get rid of all the birds." (Conversation was about the crash and how to make flying completely saf...

Apparently Delurking Day* is happening here in the great Blogosphere, with dates ranging from last Saturday to Monday. Regardless, the ide...

I was reading through more than 40 backlogged e-mail digests from the PUBLIB (a discussion list concerned with all aspects of public librari...

Scene : Packed elevator of students at renowned conservatory on the second full day of classes Who: Undergraduate musicians reuniting after...

"You are the Mozart of paper writing." ~ as said by my boss to someone on the phone. I wonder what Wolfie would have thoug...

Unfortunately the Blogosphere / InterWeb are proving to be too much of a distraction for Auntie Nettie right now, as she's got a lot o...

This post is in response to Krippy’s Tagging over on her blog . I don’t think this is exactly what she had in mind, however. The rules? 1.Li...

Strange signs that you are getting older: ~ You are no longer a “young” single adult, as per your Church; ~ You are no longer a member of ...