… or does this look a lot like route 1 in Waldoboro?
My grandmother passed away recently. From the obituary posted over at VillageSoup.com: ROCKLAND (Dec 15): Elizabeth F. Levasseur, 90, died following an extended illness, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007 at Quarry Hill in Camden. Born June 24, 1917 in Brattleboro, Vermont, she was the daughter of Edward and Carla Ebbinghausen Flood. Educated in Brattleboro, parochial […]
So much for the opening game of the World Series.Well, at least it means I’m spared Tim McCarver.And when the last time the Sox won the Series, I had to deal with the local radio station dropping the game automatically at midnight. With the station being automated there was no one to call and complain […]
I’ve never been one to blog about my pets. Catblogging is practically an internet cliche.But today I took my cat, “Number Six” (named after Patrick McGoohan’s character from The Prisoner), to the vets, as she’d been loosing a dramatic amount of weight. I was told that she had a tumor, and that before long she […]
What if Darth Vader was a day shift manager at a grocery? See for yourself in the short film “Day Shift”(via Montior Duty)
Hoo boy. I usually don’t get into knock-down drag out verbal brawls on the net. They are so hard to keep civil, and rarely influence anyone.Sometimes, however, someone says something so boneheaded I have to do my best to show the holes in their argument. Today I encountered such a situation when I read at […]
There’s been lots of talk about how to better pay for medical costs. Sadly there’s been little advancement on controlling the costs save for financial tricks and rationing systems of one form or another.Technologies have been advancing in many fields and making many aspects of modern life better and more affordable. Medicine has not added […]
WANTED: Comic collectors interested in a new concept in comic book storage: Drawer Boxes:Traditional “Short Box” or “Long Box” forms of comic book storage boxes are simple cardboard boxes with lids, specially sized to hold comic books. Drawer Boxes work like file cabinets. The box of comics slides inside an outer “sleeve” box to create […]
from Chris’s Invincible Super-Blog,,,Supporting my theory that the 70’s was the decade that NO ONE got out of with their dignity in tact.Technorati Tags: Comics, Conan, Marvel Comics, Pimps, 70’s
from Ann Althouse:It’s a good thing — isn’t it? — that we’re more interested in Prada than Pravda.
from “They were elevated moral landscapes…” from Ann Alhouse (who in turn is quoting from the Guardian):Cemeteries were… once. Shouldn’t they be, again? Meet the cemetery architect.“People always say it’s ghoulish,” [Michael Howe] says, “but we also design things like lavatories and bathrooms, and that’s much more icky. Designing cemeteries is a lot more interesting […]
It looks like some of the far left blogoshphere have become big money raisers for political campaigns. Since much of the money is spent on ads at these same websites, there has been some pseudo-scandal about. (No crimes, it just looks ‘icky’ to some)But another effect is that they have been gaining a disproportionate level […]
WANTED: Comic collectors interested in a new concept in comic book storage: Drawer Boxes:Traditional “Short Box” or “Long Box” forms of comic book storage boxes are simple cardboard boxes with lids, specially sized to hold comic books. Drawer Boxes work like file cabinets. The box of comics slides inside an outer “sleeve” box to create […]
From my earlier post on my lack of watching the Oscars:Stay tuned… Sometime this week it’ll happen…… Would you believe, sometime this year?Didn’t think so.