Last week we had a little wine and cheese gathering at the house. During this time we cleared off the buffet in the dining room so that we could place some of the food on it. One of the things that normally resides on the buffet is the urn that contains my father’s [...]

My how things do change. Marilyn was not satisfied with the modelling agency’s reply that we were too far out of their range. So she called them up to inquire about it.
Turns out that we are not, in fact, too far out and that Emily gets a face-to-face on the 14th. Here’s hoping [...]

I just got finished watching an old episode of Kolchak, The Night Stalker starring Darren McGavin. It was made in the 70’s so there is a bit of cheese to it and the effects are primitive, but it still plays pretty well. It is still good enough to give me some chills in [...]

The 12/05/05 episode of The Chair and Automan is out. Download the MP3 directly here. Or better yet, get a podcatching client and subscribe to this podcast here. Or check out my Odeo channel.
In this episode:
I talk about my wife and I hosting our first ever wine and cheese gathering. [...]

That stands for “fig your information”.
Have you ever had a fig sans newton? Me neither until last night. Let me tell you a few things about my first solo fig experience. First, they are ugly. They look like something that you might find rotting underneath a tree. So right off [...]

Today is the last day of my dreaded Suncom/AT&T contract. I would like to commemorate the moment with a few lines from the greatest movie ever, Cool Hand Luke:
Boss: Sorry, Luke. I’m just doing my job. You gotta appreciate that.
Luke: Nah – calling it your job don’t make it right, Boss.
Goodbye Suncom. [...]

No, I’m not referring to myself. I’m referring to a wine I found in The Fresh Market tonight. I think I will save it for my holiday party on December 23rd. Quite frankly, I only bought it because of the name.

Blogging can be difficult for me at times. It’s not that I don’t have anything to talk about, I almost always do. Something is going on that is noteworthy pretty much constantly. I just don’t like to be repetitive. I see almost everything I want to discuss somewhere else first. [...]