Catching up on the news
I’ve missed a couple of things — can people please fill me in?When did Tom Cruise become an expert in,...
Bad flashback!
This hasn’t happened in years, but after ages without any symptoms at all, I now have “Mahna Mahna” stuck firmly,...
Quote of the day
Overheard from a cartoon show my daughter was watching while we were at the dentist this morning:”Did you set your...
Searching
Okay, I know, talking about my search requests is boring. And maybe it’s not fascinating that I have had five...
Unsustainable
Not one to really wrap myself up in knots over such things, but yesterday was a day of particularly unsustainable...
Last day of school!
Well, if you can call it a “day” — barely a couple of hours. As Hannah was preparing to leave...
The Orientalist<
/div>I’ve been dying to write about this book — The Orientalist, by Tom Reiss — since I started it weeks...
More than a little spooky
Thought I’d share this highly spooky photograph of my grandmother as a child, probably around 1922 or so. She’s got...
You searchers are seriously lost
Things people won’t find at my site, though they keep looking for them:“Pictures of Kirsten Gum” — granted, they’re hard...