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Sesame Street and parenting
October 29, 2010 | BlogMy take away from the use of guest stars on Sesame Street is that (like the guest stars) parents can be as morally elastic as we like when the kids aren’t watching, so long as we speak in gentle tones and put on pants when they are around.
The cookroom is on fire
October 19, 2010 | BlogForthwith the “kitchen” will no longer be referred to as such, but instead as the “cookroom”, which is more consistent with the nomenclature of the other rooms of the house, such as “bathroom”, “bedroom”, and “living room”. You’re welcome.
Wide awake at 4:30 am
September 30, 2010 | BlogThe following things kept me awake at 4:30 am this morning: source control for the image database; image request 1; image request 2; Buffy’s betrayer in Season 8; the water softener back flush; the time; a touching love story between the last man on Earth and the zombie that steals his heart. Natch!
Garden gnomes
September 29, 2010 | BlogThe garden gnomes tried to get into the house last night. Their hats blew away in the wind, and they got scared. Not enough oatmeal, likely. Their fingers left thin streaks in the grime on the basement windows where they tried to open them. The house flies think the streaks are freeways, up and down, […]
Aiden the cat
July 2, 2010 | BlogYou beautiful psycho, you manic queen. There will never be another quite like you. Aiden the cat, 1997-2010. Good luck out there buddy.
Murder in the Green Forest
June 16, 2010 | BlogMurder in the Green Forest: Reddy Fox is found dead, and everyone’s a suspect. Seriously, somebody needs to write this.
Dorothy Parker on fame
May 14, 2010 | BlogI’m never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don’t do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don’t even do that any more. Dorothy Parker
Bobby Funke on being misunderstood
March 20, 2010 | BlogNobody’s misunderstood. That’s just what people say when they don’t like who they are. Bobby Funke, Assassination of a High School President
Albert Munsell in living colour
March 12, 2010 | BlogIn the early 20th century, Albert Munsell invented a system for naming colours numerically by hue, value and chroma. A hundred years later, the Munsell color system remains internationally accepted, yet the only image that exists of it’s creator is a lousy black and white photo.