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Month: June 2006

  • More absolutely useless information that should probably be kept to one's self – Exhibit 15,456

    Back in March I started trying to open the Duracell double A battery recharger package. It’s been rough. Am I gratified that today I finally succeeded? No. I was determined that nails and teeth should do the job but having worn through them, today I broke out the scissors and eventually the circular saw. That…

  • Benadryl and Juliette of the Spirits doesn’t mix well

    One reason I’m slogging through mud around here is because I’ve been doing Benadryl round the clock for allergies the past couple of weeks, which I hate as sometimes it makes me feel quite doped. Had just taken some last night when I sat down to watch “Juliette of the Spirits”, which I’ve not seen…

  • Would Juliette of the Spirits have turned down a sangria mixed up by Andrea Bocelli?

    Another pledge drive by PBS and tonight it’s the program, “Andrea Bocelli, Amore, Under the Desert Sky”. I suffered through listening to their presentation of “Great Performances: South Pacific” the other night because because we don’t have cable so I don’t know what’s on other television but if we have the television on and a…

  • "There are no small roles…"

    "There are no small roles…"

    Bon Air Hotel View On White Out of nowhere, H.o.p. said, “There are no small roles, only small actors, right?” I don’t know what he had been thinking about that led up to this question/announcement this afternoon. But he was checking with me to make sure this philosophy was right, which one could tell from…

  • Friday cat food blogging

    Friday cat food blogging

    Let me know if this works…if you get audio and video. My Sony digital still camera muxes video so that audio and video are separate. I used a trial conversion software to deal with this. Click on the image for the video. Anyway, if it works out for you then you get to hear me…

  • "It’s a protist, not a plant!" (H.o.p.’s indignant)

    H.o.p. is furious. It has become a major source of contention for H.o.p. that so many children’s PBS shows and computer learning programs refer to algae as a plant. “Algae is not a plant, it’s a protist!” he says. “It’s a Big Big World” called algae a plant. H.o.p. yelled, “Algae is not a plant,…