Communicating over the internet (or the internets if you prefer), whether it’s through e-mail, IRC, MUshes, MOOs, MUD’s, MMORPG’s or any other acronym, has always been tricky especially when you’re dealing with a stranger – someone who doesn’t know your personal quirks of speech. We started really reaching out and communicating on a large scale…

I’ve angered the pizza troll. I’ve been trying to come to terms with this all week, shrugging off the troll’s importance in my life, but let’s face it; I need to win the pizza troll back over. I need to get back in the troll’s good graces. It happened innocently enough. Last week before our…

Anna just got me to sign-up for MyBlogLog – a website that tracks your site stats and tries to be for blogs what Flickr is to photographs. I’m still getting the hang of it, but I think it’s got a long way to go before it will get a big thumbs up from me. The…

We celebrated our first Halloween in our suburban utopia – many kids dressed up as princesses (including one boy who was about 13 and looked he wanted to die while escorting his younger sibling dressed as the most adorable little skunk), the Incredibles, Spiderman, soldiers, Scream and an assortment of monsters I couldn’t place. Of…

I got a note yesterday from a friend telling me about her upcoming planned adventures as a Great Plains huntress. Apparently, she’s going to go bow hunting for wild hogs or I’d imagine what we actually call javelinas with her new boyfriend.The image in my head is not of her standing proudly over her kill…

It’s 47 degrees here in my city, which means one thing – it’s time to break out the big coat – winter is upon us. Wrap the pipes! Cover the plants! Crank up the heater! Now I know some of you are thinking, “47? That’s shorts weather” and to you I say “Yankee, go home.”…

As I drove into work yesterday it was announced that former Representative Foley was going to name the church leader who molested him. Of course, that got me into the mental rant of “just own what you did”. Sure, it’s sad that it allegedly happened to him, but this minister didn’t text message or make…

Stickers – insidious little things. I don’t know where they came from, but it’s some place evil ruled by a malicious guy with a black heart that never beats. The same guy that brought you bull nettle. If you don’t know what bull nettle is, count yourself lucky. Nothing stings more and itches more than…

At Anna’s suggestion – from the forums – here’s what I was loosely trying to say yesterday: I’ll vent my own spleen about this one. I don’t like it. It’s not strong enough. I just barf information out there without much thought. With that said, some other things that reminded me of that book and…

There’s an interesting book that was published in the late 1980’s titled Entertaining Ourselves to Death. I thought about writing up a synopsis, but I find Amazon did it best with the review from Publisher’s Weekly: From the author of Teaching as a Subversive Activity comes a sustained, withering and thought-provoking attack on television and…

The news came out yesterday that Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie made up. Thank God! Its been hard watching Nicole battling her eating disorder, struggling with her parent’s divorce, and seeing her endure the highs and lows, up and downs, in and outs of her relationship with her on again off again fiancé DJ someone…

The Nobel Prizes have been awarded so it was only a matter of time before the Ig Nobel Prizes were announced at Harvard. According to the news this morning one of the awards went to the person who did research as to why Woodpeckers don’t have headaches. The other prize went to the person who…

When it comes to things paranormal, supernatural or that fall into the general category of “too woo woo” (a category that captures magic crystals, magnets, or lighting sage bundles in a cleansing ritual) I’m a huge cynic. Sure, I watch my “Ghost Hunters’, but they debunk and nothing makes me happier than when they show…

Don’t miss Lori’s latest:Play In One ActA truly funny story about some of the joys you experience when you work for PBS.While you’re there, check out some of her other stories. Lori, you crack me up!

You’re all interesting and unique little snowflakes. Bless your hearts.In other words: no, I’m not writing about you.