Wow, did I check out or what? I can’t believe it: I went a record 4 days without blogging, checking email or doing anything computer related. I suppose that had I realized it had been so long I would have started jonesing, but I’ve been very, very busy. Here are two of my favorite distractions […]

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There are a heck of a lot of people hitting my site looking for that Nostradamus quote. Weird. I still haven’t even confirmed the validity of it, but apparently quite a number of other people received the same email as me. Honestly, I don’t plan to look it up. It’s funny whether or not it’s […]

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Well, it’s Christmas Eve. The sun isn’t even up yet, and I can hear rain pattering in my gutters. Normally, I would be asleep now. Normally, I’d be snoring to wake the dead. But this morning, before sunrise, I am awake. My mom, who arrived safe and sound two days ago, is asleep in my […]

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Christmas without cynicism. Okay, now I’m starting to feel much better. I will not let Hairagami ruin my holidays.
My mom flies in from Albuquerque today. It’s going to be so good to see her again. When we first moved to Austin I had a really hard time emotionally. I’d never lived more than driving distance […]

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Starting around October of every year, I begin to think about Christmas as something more than a nauseating retail opportunity. It usually begins in the form of far distant childhood memories of snow and larger-than-life trees covered in lights and decorations. It develops over the next month or so until Thanksgiving, by which time my […]

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Here’s how yesterday began: morning. Here’s how yesterday ended: night. We didn’t make it very far, did we?

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Here’s a pretty little number that smacks the multitude of southbounders on Congress Ave. everyday. You know, you’d think that with as much money as the Reagans pocketed during the 80’s they could afford lights on that sucker. Ah well, perhaps it’s better that it doesn’t light up the night sky — it’s bad enough […]

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Ari has discovered the formula for heaven. It includes large portions of ricotta cheese, whole black olives, spinich, tomato paste and sauce, thick lasagne noodles, and generous, scrumptious amounts of provolone cheese. She makes the best lasagne in the world. Thank you, Ari.
Maybe I can wrestle the recipe from her and post it here. I’ve […]

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Okay, I finally stopped long enough yesterday to ask myself one simple question: Is it ever really going to be finished? Referring, of course, to the house. And the first answer that hit me was, Absolutely Not. And it came to me quickly, like an electrically propelled Magic 8-Ball answer. Absolutely Not.
And so I […]

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