The Past Revisited

For the first time since I wrote it, I just went back and reread my opening Blog:  June 3rd, 2008, the title read, ‘Hello World!’  I couldn’t help but smile as I read it.  I was so naïve back then…
Now as I write my September 30th Blog I feel like an old pro.  Give or [...]

M E A T

Pork. Sausage. Beef. Lamb. Venison.  There’s a whole lot meat out there.  This doesn’t include our ‘light meats’ like chicken, fish, and perhaps some put would eggs in this category.  Light meat is not the same as Real Meat as anyone would tell you.  Light meat is usually thin, white, and doused with sauces – Real Meat is [...]

Friends in the News

Straight from the LA Times… Go Birds Boxers, Go!!! 
THE SOCK DRAWER

Boxers with punch

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The classic: in Sea Island cotton

Could one pair of boxer shorts really be worth $76? A recent convert tells how he got hooked.
By Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
September 28, 2008

AT THE risk of over-sharing, I have a confession: My job [...]

Numismatics, Tintinnabulation, and Other Things to Immolate

Numismatics - The collection and study of money.  As in: Who on Wall Street forgot to take a class in numismatics and in ‘Bankrupcy Bad, Solvency Good?’  Answer: Seems like everyone.
Tintinnabulation – A tinkling sound of a bell or bells.  Example: Working on Wall Street, one is surrounded by the tintinnabulation of breaking glass as greedy [...]

When Worlds Collide

My friend, Natalie shared with me a great website yesterday.  It’s NASA’s ‘Picture of the Day’ site: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 
Today’s picture is titled ‘The Case of the Very Dusty Binary Star,’ which totally sounds like a Nancy Drew novel.  The picture however, shows two massive, planet-sized objects colliding into one another – smashing together like a head-on [...]

Dream a Little Dream With Me

There is nothing more boring than talking about your dreams or listening to someone else talk about his.  “I was superman and then it was night out, but I could still see really well and then all of a sudden I was in the bathroom with my third grade math teacher and she was trying [...]

Fat, Fat, and their brother Chunky

In today’s world, where looking good and feeling good revolves around being thin, there are 3 types of people.  First you have those genetically lucky people who are just born with a metabolic system that keeps them lean and sinewy at all times.  I have a friend down the street like this.  She’s 52 years [...]

Sweet thang, Nashville

Late last night I flew back to L.A. from Nashville, Tennessee; giddy-up and a yippee-kie-yay!  I love the south – I love the accents, the boots, the ‘more is better’ mentality, but most of all I love the southern hospitality.  Nashville was no different.  The city, thanks to Sam’s sister, Duncan and her husband Rob, [...]

Airlines sink as oil prices spike towards $100

“Higher oil prices have sent carriers scrambling for cash to cover fuel bills that have exceeded revenue. To date, about a dozen smaller carriers have gone bankrupt because they couldn’t adapt to the higher-fuel price environment.” (1)  
For the past several weeks Sam and I have been struggling to find plane tickets.  We’re trying to [...]

A Blog From Sam

Sara asked me to write in to tell you that she will be taking the day off today.  This makes no sense to me as obviously if you don’t see a blog you’ll know she’s not writing today.  But, she insisted, and so here I am.  I know a lot of you have thought that [...]