Category Archives: nothing special

The pie I just made: One graham cracker pie shell, either store-bought (what I use — yay for the Keebler elves!) or homemade 2 cans sweetened condensed milk 3/4 to 1 cup good cocoa (in this case, Ghiradelli), sifted 3/4 … Continue reading →

I sing.  At home, in the car.  Not in public, though. Show tunes, classic rock, country, folk. I am fond of Rent and the work of Steven Schwartz, and Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel. My kids get after me for … Continue reading →

One of the downfalls of blogging (especially late at  night) is that sometimes you shoot off your keyboard and realize the next morning that what you have written is uninformed, badly reasoned, and, quite frankly, you knew better. So then … Continue reading →

I was listening this morning to the Smash Mouth version of “I’m a Believer.”  There’s no way around it:  this is just better than the Monkees version. I know a lot of people with  bias for performances by the original … Continue reading →

Recently I have been thinking about a twenty-year old Supreme Court case,  and I have the writers of Criminal Minds and the proponents of prop 8 to thank for that. Just to get them out of my head, here are … Continue reading →

The Not-So-Little Drummer Boy is home from college for the Christmas break.  Which means… I have to remind him and his friends that they need to turn the stereo low and keep their voices down because I really do not … Continue reading →

Jan is back home from the “We-Fix-Macs” store.  In the past month, he has had his memory card and hard drive replaced and had a battery problem discovered (which resulted in having to replace the “new” but defective battery with … Continue reading →

In the past six months, I have introduced  a lot of people to this blog.  Personally, I think that’s cool, but I find myself wanting to say… wait! you should have read what I wrote back then! Not to mention … Continue reading →

It is diverting to look at the interests of one’s Facebook friends, and notice how the different parts of your life meet up in a like of, say, bacon.  The thought of the individuals involved all in one room discussing … Continue reading →

I have always loved the posters from Despair, Inc. Every now and then I check their website. Here are my current two favorites: Blogging Madness

It’s the time of year again for those wonderful sounds of the season… “humorous” Christmas songs.  I am by nature a lover of traditional Christmas carols, so secular Christmas songs don’t necessarily do that much for me.*  Especially ones that … Continue reading →

In my last post, I said “ I have to say I rather like the opinion, aside from its outcome.” Um, yeah. 

Let’s hear it for environmental regulation.  Or not.   The Supreme Court has denied cert for Friends of the Everglades v. South Florida Water Management District.   I ended up reading about this case, which I was unaware of since it … Continue reading →

I have now made more posts this year than any year since I started the blog, and I did not start until late April, and I still have a month to go. I made a killer chocolate pie over the … Continue reading →

I’m sorry for my sporadic posting as of late.  It is likely to continue.  Jan (the laptop) died — the Rocket Scientist spent about twelve hours over the weekend troubleshooting and replacing the hard drive (which means taking the darn … Continue reading →