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Monthly Archives: January 2011
There’s a tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well.
Click for todays’ rant For those of you celebrating Christmas today I hope it’s better than mine so far. Item 1. It always snows on “Russian Christmas”. This is doing NOTHING to improve my mood today. It has some to … Continue reading
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Fall
It’s Fall. Any number of tell tale signs confirm this. Just a glance at the calendar should be enough. But many other sights, sounds and smells tell me that it’s time to put the shorts away for another year. Smells? … Continue reading
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Money for nothing
I are a professional published author. Least wise I get paid to do it. Not much but then again… My book- The Book of Rants is sold at local bookstores but more importantly it is available on the Internet, which … Continue reading
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Aha!
Not sure for certain how the Christmas ornament ended up by our pool. For some perspective on this you need to know we live very far away from any other Homo Sapiens. In the woods. Behind a big fence. Seriously. … Continue reading
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Abandon all hope
Another brand new calendar is staring at me while I toil here. 2011. If you were born in 1999 you are 12 now. I guess if you are you probably knew that. And if you are 12 you shouldn’t be … Continue reading
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My love said never question your will at all
This just makes me smile everytime I see it. Reminds me of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off…
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As opposed to the not so live ones
A story about buying stuff on-line. I wanted a French Press Coffee pot. Although several stores listed them as “In-stock” the long-suffering wife and I could not find any on our foot search (On Christmas Eve no less). Further explanation … Continue reading
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You feel all right when you hear that music ring
I just had to post this. It’s one of the best performances ever. Full stop. From 6:44 on it goes from just excellent to spooky surreal good. At 8:00 or so I get real chills. Before it’s over my eyes … Continue reading
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Piles of them
Dead monkeys is what I use to illustrate how to write an open in advertising copy. I also used it as a headline in my Journalism class last semester. The Prof thought it was one of the best headlines he … Continue reading
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Ram a lam a ding dong
I am pretty pleased with myself this morning. I wrote my weekly column yesterday but I came up with better one just now for next week. Now I am a week ahead. This is such a rare occurrence that I … Continue reading
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