Archive for May, 2007

Uriah Heep

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

I just dreamt that one of my favorite bands, Uriah Heep, came to visit me and John. We decided to get their autographs shortly before they left. After they were gone, we suddenly realized that we had got them to autograph a dry-erase board with dry-erase markers. Doh! John suggested that […]

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

Hard Rock Hallelujah!

Wedding at Bedy’s (part two)

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

Today: wedding rehearsal, rehearsal dinner, it was a BBQ outside; cold and rainy but the tent was pretty warm. Bedy gave all the groomsmen flasks, and some whiskey and/or scotch to fill them. Also today is my birthday; Bedy gave me an 8 gig memory card. It came in handy; due […]

In (near, actually) Boston

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

I’m coasting on fumes after getting less than an hour’s worth of sleep but I’m here in Merrimack NH for my friend Bedy’s wedding. Some thoughts:
1. Everyone was right about what a pain it is to deal with the underground Boston interstate system. I only got lost three or four times.
2. […]

Helpful analogy for understanding the current health care mess

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

Helpful analogy for understanding the current health care mess

Heil, Minnetonka Tribunal!

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

This cartoon is the best commentary on the Strib dumping Lileks I’ve seen so far.
I started reading Lileks in 1996, when I stumbled on his Gallery of Regrettable Food. Compare that to the Strib: we had a subscription for about 6 months, until the incessant ideological haranguing drove us to cancel it. […]

Looks like I’m getting a Sprint calling card

Monday, May 7th, 2007

Looks like I’m getting a Sprint calling card. (I’ve had the same AT&T calling card for more than 11 years, and filled it up countless times. I memorized the number, and use it for all my long distance. I guess I’ll call all my out of state relatives to use up the […]