December 2003 – My Now-Urban Life

Should auld acquaintance be forgot . . .

CarlDec 31, 2003

But they won’t be, since we seem to have invited a mess of them to our house this evening. Nine...

CarlDec 30, 2003

My Christmas spirit is always hit or miss, and depends a lot on what’s going on in my work life,...

CarlDec 28, 2003

Yes, I should be blogging; there are a million ideas running through my head. But I’m completely distracted because my...

CarlDec 24, 2003

Rain + Snow = Have yourself a foggy little Christmas eve. The lake and the Hudson looked positively magical earlier...

CarlDec 22, 2003

That’s the name of this year’s Christmas disc, the first to benefit from the ease and availability of the Apple...

CarlDec 19, 2003

No, not us. But did you know that there really isn’t a 24-hour echinacea store in the mid-Taconic Valley? I...

CarlDec 17, 2003

First, the misreading: I was skiing yesterday (yay me!) and saw someone wearing a zippered hoodie that I thought said,...

CarlDec 15, 2003

Is Yukon Cornelius just a weakened derivative of Pasha Peddler? Discuss.

CarlDec 14, 2003

When I said The Muppet Christmas Carol was the best, I was of course referring to the traditional versions of...

CarlDec 14, 2003

You’d be surprised — waking up with a massive sinus headache every morning for several weeks in a row can...