I started the day with every intention of writing about defenestration, but I’m not feeling particularly verbose right now.  Sorry.  I’ll post about the glories of throwing stuff out the window soon (stuff including people, although I wouldn’t do that). For now, enjoy as you wish: Wikipedia Random Article at 10:51 A.M. New York Times…

Today has no overriding theme.  It’s Wednesday, the 307th day of the year.  Is that a theme?  I might have been wrong. I’m a little slow on the uptake sometimes.  For example, I just found out that I can subscribe to blogs on my blog homepage, and WordPress will ever-so-kindly gather all of those blog…

The whole issue of Halloween costumes is kind of frustrating once you get past age 10.  The options for women can really be boiled down to sexy, scary, funny, or some combo of the above. If I tried to go in the sexy direction, I’m pretty sure I would end up hiding in the corner…

I always think of soldiers (usually Civil War era) running away from a battle field in total panic when I hear the word “retreat.”  Maybe that’s why it takes me a while to get pumped up about going on church retreats.  Tell me that it’s a weekend of camp, and my first thoughts involve woods…

My brain has recovered just enough from the long weekend to notice a hole in my shoe.  More than one hole, actually. We’ve already discussed the fact that I like to throw things away (a lot), so no need to rehash that.  It’s still true.  But there are some caveats to that general rule. The…

You’ve probably been there at some point.  You’re enjoying some delicious [insert cold food here], and all of a sudden it feels like your brain has turned into a block of ice.  It isn’t a great feeling, even though the food consumption is good. I’ve only ever experienced brain freeze a few times, all of…