Archive for September, 2006

Good morning, chainsaw.

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

Was woken up this morning by the sound of chainsaws. “Goddamn neighbor,” I thought. “Won’t rest until his entire yard’s bare.”
Not so much.
In the good column, they’ve cut back the brush down by the creek. In the not-so-good column–they’ve cut nearly all of it down… and they’re leaving it in big, unattractive piles […]

Return of the Spooks

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

I love the British. This is a conversation between Harry Pearce, the head of MI-5, and the slimy MI-6 agent / Intelligence Committee chair Oliver Mace (on the BBC show Spooks, retitled MI-5 for US TV):
Mace: If you’re asking me, “Is there, at present, anything we shouldn’t do to achieve our ends?” then frankly, I […]

Return of the illustrations

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

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An impulsive but mostly practical purchase–between the need to record home improvements, the wish to document Door’s infancy, and the desire to photograph stuff for work and pleasure more cheaply, it was time to make a camera purchase. I didn’t have a lot of spare cash, so I did some research […]

Drive-by cuteness

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

That is all.

Lazy Saturday morning.

Saturday, September 2nd, 2006

Not feeling well and called in sick on my Saturday morning plans. Spending the day instead puttering around the house–perhaps the yard later if I feel up to it. The weather is so gorgeous. Certainly a nap, perhaps two.
TiVo picked up the closing episode of Angel, which I had forgotten was so good. I do […]