January 2009
15 posts
rootin' tootin' 2-ball solution
fun lunch with some co-workers yesterday…
among various topics of conversation, “hide the salami” comes up…
lady 1: ” so-and-so will be here tomorrow - wouldn’t mind playing hide the salami with him” (lady 1 is pretty out there)
laughter at hide the salami
lady 2: “yeah, when i’m faking a headache, my husband thinks the remedy is the...
i’ve, for as long as i can remember, been...
Sir Richard Francis Burton - on adventure… (via AOM)
“Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks is the departure upon a distant journey to unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of habit, the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares and the Slavery of Home, man feels once more happy. The blood flows with the fast circulation of childhood….afresh dawns...
counting steps
i like counting and i usually take steps two-at-a-time (much to Traci’s horror)… therefore i like to count steps as i go up (i don’t usually count going down for some reason)…
but who likes to count by 2’s ?… so, i count by 1’s and apply a simple algorithm that i think to myself (please note that i always start on the first step)…
count your...
friday song of the (late) day - one of...
conversation I had this morning with my 90 yr old great aunt (today is her birthday)… her name is Dixie Lee Houston, but we call her ‘Dixie’ or ‘Aunt Dick’
Dixie: hello (which always sounds like ‘yello’ in my dad’s family)
Me: Dixie
Dixie: yes
Me: it’s Seth
Dixie: fine, how are you?
Me: i’m good… this is Seth
Dixie: who?
Me:...
BC Fan
Today is one of a handful of days I’ve ever been a Boston College fan…
BC: 85, Tarholes: 78