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I’m Not Dead Yet!

Holy crow, it’s been a while since I’ve updated. Things have been busy. Let’s recap: The wife and I went down to her parents’ house over the 4th of July weekend. Dallas was nice and friendly, as always. We saw…

BBC’s The World – Sans Yelling!

I – get ready – managed to listen to The World on NPR this evening without yelling. Amazing, I know. Firstly, they ran a series of stories on the ongoing ethnic cleansing in the Darfur region of Sudan and they…

Eine Reise zum Zahnarzt

I went to the dentist this morning to get my final round of root canal-related tooth fun and heard the words that you never want to hear from your plummer, mechanic or dentist: “You don’t have some place you need…

Real Life Update

So here’s what’s going on: We’ve been busy, very busy. My cousin is getting married this Saturday, so we’re headed out to Titusville, PA tomorrow (no posting ’til Sunday, that means). I’ve been having bouts of insomnia (“What better time…

Arp! Arp! Arp!

Too tired to post much at the moment. We just got back from the Mets game today (thanks P&J) and saw Tom Glavine pitch a one-hit shutout complete game. A few observations, though. New York should not, under any circumstances,…

Ice cream! We’re gonna eat ice cream!

I went to the dentist today for my “yearly” checkup (What? I operate on Martian years, thus, the 18 month lag since my last visit qualifies as a “year”) expecting him to say “We see some minor cavities, but nothing…