Archive for April, 2003
Wednesday, April 30th, 2003
The Empress and the Sprinkler System
A brick wall runs down the front of the six townhouses in this complex. A gentleman’s agreement caused its construction. In the original building covenants, homes in this area could not have visible garages. So, on a handshake the banker who spearheaded the building of this place and the developer who sold him the land [...]
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2003
Seven Deadlies Part Two
Just in case some of my readers don’t look at the comments on posts, I did not want anyone to miss Susie’s addition to my Seven Deadly Sins Surfing. She’s right, this concept would never fly in America. See Church Anger Over Ice-Cream Sins.
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2003
Seven Deadly Sins
This surfing post inspired by: 7 Deadly Sins, 7 Heavenly Virtues
Considering that I’ve been trying to post about DeadlySins.com for three days now, some might suspect me to be guilty of sloth, but the truth is I just haven’t had the time. In addition to a slew of unexpected guests, an impromptu birthday dinner for [...]
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2003
Spontaneous Moment
Today I walked in on a spontaneous scene at Starbucks begging to be photographed. My oldest barista friend, B., the one mugging second from the right, had apparently decided to finally force the long recalcitrant grinder into submission. I knew something was up when I passed a table littered with tools, covered in coffee grounds, [...]
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Monday, April 28th, 2003
Hate Mail
In the top drawer of my desk, underneath my working notebooks and some odds and ends I don’t want to lose, lie two folded sheets of paper – a single-spaced, typed hate letter. That’s right, a hate letter. Oh, I have more predictable written keepsakes – a few old love notes, some official acceptance correspondence, [...]
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Saturday, April 26th, 2003
The “D Mon S” in the Black Convertible
We wanted nachos but not enough to face a Friday night restaurant crowd. Take out was easier and we’d be able to hear each other talk at our own kitchen table. I went out to pick up the food and on the way back spotted a black convertible in traffic ahead of me. A blonde [...]
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Friday, April 25th, 2003
Making It Up To Our Canadian Contingent
When I posted the last readership map, Kelly pointed out that now that she has moved back to Canada, the map needs to reflect the Canadian contingent. I think I have you sort of out in the Great Lakes, Kelly, but hey, look where Susie in Munich gets stuck. I also have finally managed to [...]
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Friday, April 25th, 2003
The Friday Five
Since there’s every indication already that this is going to be one of those days, I decided to get a little help from The Friday Five this morning.
1. What was the last TV show you watched?
Believe it or not, a Tivo-ed episode of “Tremors: The Series.” With the impending demise of Buffy, I’m casting about [...]
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Thursday, April 24th, 2003
A Brief Dispatch from Movie Night
Last night A., a seldom-show at movie night since his marriage, joined us for the first time in weeks. Don’t get me wrong; I’m glad he showed up. He’s offering his labor and SUV on Saturday to get the last pieces of furniture out of my condo. Our former “token male” and a one-time student [...]
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2003
War Wounds
Yesterday afternoon at Starbucks I watched a proud young man of ten or so show off the cast on his arm to an admiring circle of friends. The cast covered his hand and ran up past his elbow, the result of a collision on the soccer field. Apparently all those pads in which competitive kids [...]
