Archive for the 'personal well-being' Category
Dill Pickles, Friday 12/05/08, Dawson Street Pub.
I have a new band, the Dill Pickles, which you can hear at my myspace page. we’ve only been a band for about a week, but we’re subbing for my other band,
Read More..>>Everybody Poops
Sorry for the extended absence, everyone. Sam is visiting and we’ve been busy. You know that book Everyone Poops? Well, if you’d been at my house for the past three days, you’d think the book should be titled Everybody Poops and Pukes and Has Agonizing Gas Pains and Has Diarrhea.
Sam took the hit [...]
No More Birthdays
The other night Christina and I were discussing Sam’s upcoming Christmas visit, and how after an initial strenuous objection to us having him for New Year’s Eve two years ago, his mom kind of figured out she can work or celebrate NYE when he’s with us. Now, regardless of whether it’s our turn for Christmas [...]
Read More..>>“You Can Learn a Lot From What People Don’t Say.”
My dad sent me a very brief but very interesting email. It’s this week’s guest post!
Mom has been wondering about the way the McCain campaign has been saying how we don’t have to worry about John McCain’s health because his mother is so healthy at age ninety two.
You can learn a lot from what people [...]
An Open Letter to John McCain
Dear Senator McCain:
It’s been quite a week for you: your vice-presidential candidate is getting called out by the likes of Campbell Brown, after which she came off like a total idiot in an interview with total idiot Katie Couric, your own staff says she’s unprepared for the VP debates, you’re trying to duck the debates [...]
Ton of Bricks
I don’t know what the hell happened yesterday, but by the time the dim sum I had for lunch was in my belly, I was ready for a long nap. I hit the sack around 4:30, and didn’t wake up until almost 6:00. Ever since then I’ve been inexplicably depressed, obsessing over the [...]
Read More..>>Garden
We’ve been harvesting a lot lately. Right now Christina’s downstairs canning the second batch of tomatoes. Our sunflowers are opening up, and while the zucchini seems to be dead, the bell pepper plant has four or five babies coming in, and the japanese eggplants have been producing steadily for weeks. We’ve been [...]
Read More..>>Ouch.
I rode my bike to go visit my friend Wendy yesterday. She lives out by City Line Avenue, so I took 48th Street to Lancaster, followed Lancaster to 57th and headed North. The weather was hotter than hell and I thought I was going to die.
However, it was the ride home that killed [...]
Back
I probably won’t be doing a lot of blogging this week. I’ve a long history of back problems as well as recurrent carpal tunnel syndrome, the latter brought on by a writing career, and both came together in unholy matrimony this weekend. On Friday and Saturday, I could barely turn my head in [...]
Read More..>>Back Yard Garden Zen, June Edition
It’s been a while since I posted anything about the backyard garden, but today we completed some pretty incredible work. I’ve got photos.
The week before the trip to Austin, my parents dropped off more used cedar, which I used to make our new bed. I found some time to pick up a bunch of [...]
