Monthly Archives: December 2009
Spoken Word Christmas
It’s still Christmas. I’m celebrating right up until Epiphany. That means I’m still singing carols and listening to Christmas music. I am also bringing out my favorite spoken word recordings about Christmas. Check out: John Henry Faulk’s Christmas Story about … Continue reading
In which I celebrate my inner dork…
Q — What did the surgeon say to the patient who wanted to close his own incision? A — Suture self. Q — What do you get if you play New Age music backwards? A — New Age music. A … Continue reading
Man’s Best Friend
Rolly, our 15 year old Lab mix dog, reformed book chewer, unrepentant tableside beggar, sneaky couch sitter, shedder extraordinaire, babysitter, playmate, pouncer, part-time horsey, foot warmer, and dear dear friend, died last night. His body did not outlast his gentle … Continue reading
Poem: What We Need Is Here
Geese appear high over us, pass, and the sky closes. Abandon, as in love or sleep, holds them to their way, clear in the ancient faith: what we need is here. And we pray, not for new earth or heaven, … Continue reading
Poem: Love After Love
The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who … Continue reading
Cubicle Gourmet: Deskside Dining
So now that I am (gratefully, happily, for now) back in a cube farm 8 hours a day, I need to avoid the vending machine, the fast food drive through, and the indulgent expensive out for lunch options. I need … Continue reading
Red Balloons
I wonder if anyone’s found DARPA’s balloons yet? Just two more hours or so to go. I wonder how many bored meteorologists out there have been putting up random red weather ballons just for fun? I know if I had … Continue reading