Election Day, November, 1884 Walt Whitman If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show, ‘Twould not be you, Niagara—nor you, ye limitless prairies—nor your huge rifts of canyons, Colorado, Nor you, Yosemite—nor Yellowstone, with all its spasmic geyser- loops ascending to the skies, appearing and disappearing, Nor Oregon’s white […]
Category Archives: quote
bubbettisms
As some of y’all know, way back in my high school days I was in the band. In fact, it was through band that Steven and I became friends. Our band director, Mr. Bubbett, was quite a character. Very animated and always ready with something to say, he pushed us hard to do our best […]
celebrity gossip
This morning I read a news story that reported Shia Labeouf might lose a finger due to a car accident. When I mentioned it to Steven, he chuckled and said, “I can see it now. They came in to tell him he might lose his finger and he goes, ‘No! Nononono no no no!‘ ” […]
a story for Lisa
Steven ran into a couple of spiders outside so he grabbed the can of Raid to take care of him. A few minutes later he came back in the house with a dazed look on his face while holding the can of Raid and the flashlight. “Are you okay?” I asked. “The spider had an […]
a memoriam post
Kurt Vonnegut passed away. I don’t know much about him nor have I read any of his work, but this quote struck me. Perhaps I’ll pick up “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” and have a read. “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet […]
always turning me on
Steven comes into the bedroom and switches on the floor lamp. He then begins to remark, “Do you want a three-way . . .” then stumbles at seeing the look on my face. “. . . in this . . . lamp?” he finishes. He meant a new three-way-setting light bulb for the lamp.
yardwork
“My boogers are comin’ out black.” — so said Steven after two grueling days of shoveling topsoil and mulch.
quote of the day
“The latest study on smoking shows it increases your risk of an earlier death . . . I don’t think that’s news.” — a Columbus, Georgia news anchor, 3/21/06
now that’s entertainment!
Steven and Willis were precariously lifting an old entertainment center into the back of a van. After a few scary moments where it tilted toward Aunt Nancy’s house, they finally got it inside. Willis: “Now that was entertaining.” Steven: “That’s why they call it an entertainment center.”
quote of the day
From last weekend: Mom: “I saw him [David Thewlis] in some movie the other day. He was naked.” Me: “Woo!” Mom: “It wasn’t pretty. He kept on going back and forth between a man and a woman. Couldn’t decide what floated his boat.” Dad: “Did you see his boat?”