Archives for June 2002

kibbles 'n' bits

In these topsy-turvy times of "will we die of terrorists outsmarting a bumbling security agency or of a nuclear war that begins on the other side ...

fuquay, right away

A while back, I wrote an article that listed some of my favorite city names, among them Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. I am happy to report ...

the phone solicitor

I have this theory that anyone who calls my house wants to talk to me, or else they wouldn't be calling. So when phone solicitors call to yak at ...

bonus cooking tip!

A special Cock-a-hoop time-saving cooking tip for all you devoted readers! No one ever sat down to a meal and said, "Oh, if only the tomatoes ...

puppet government

It used to be that I worried that my government was controlled by a bunch of shortsighted, greedy people more concerned with looking good than doing ...

more congratulations

But I'm not all bile and poopiness all the time. Yet more congratulations to Girlfriend Julia who continues to add to her formidable list of ...

dance dance dance

A group of us went out dancing at Embers last Thursday, and since "you learn something new every day", here is a list of what I learned on that particular ...

another shrimp on the barbie

The other day, I was attempting to explain a phrase Paul Hogan made famous {mental note: I must stop introducing my stories this way} when my friend ...

i'm like a beaver

Busy, busy, busy. Those are the three words I would use to describe the past several weeks for me. I continue to remain employed at Timber ...

stick a fork in it

It's really nice, in these topsy-turvy times, to be able to say that I'm done with some project. It's also unusual for that to be completely ...

PB & Genius

It's the Classic American Story, involving a Boy and his Sandwich. You know how it goes. Boy stays up late working on web site. Boy gets up ...

i pledge allegiance to the flap

Flap flap flap. What's all the flap about? Flap flag flap. Listen to all that flapping! There must be a lot of right-wingers around here. Pledge ...

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