Category: Random Stuff (Misc.)

Stanisław Jerzy Lec According to Clifton Fadiman's introduction to Lec's book Unkempt Thoughts (Myśli nieuczesane): "Lec has led the strange (to us), hunted, haunted life of thousands of Central European intellectuals, their experience inexorably shaped by war and revolution. At the outbreak of the war he was imprisoned in a German concentration camp. There he stayed until July 1943 when the camp was liquidated by mass executions. Escaping in a German uniform, he succeeded in...

A Timeless Poem of Comfort and Remembrance Image Source: dailymail.co.uk Do not stand at my grave and weep is a poem written in 1932 by Mary Elizabeth Frye. Although the origin of the poem was disputed until later in her life, Mary Frye's authorship was confirmed in 1998 after research by Abigail Van Buren, a newspaper columnist. Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905-2004) was an American housewife and florist who, despite having no formal education or training...

I had to geekify Christina's Christmas decorations tonight. One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn't belong, can you tell which thing is not like the others...

Someone sent me a curse today via pinstruck.com.  It was interesting they didn't go for vitals.  I would have gone for vitals.  I like my glasses!  ;)  To my voodoo secret admirer: let's get coffee.  Life is too short.

OK, it probably wasn't deadly, but we saw this on our walk tonight and luckily Christina had her iPhone on her. I'm not a huge snake fan, AKA, yeah I'm scared of them, so I got as close as I felt comfortable...AKA... I got close enough that if it charged me, I could run like crazy away from it safely. Risking my life for your blogging enjoyment, people, that's what I'm here for.

When Uncle Mike comes to visit, he is reminded Jeremy doesn't sleep (much).  12:30am to 6am and Mike is feeling the pain.  Nothing a little wake-up juice can't fix.  Oh, and as you can see, Tyler LOVES his Uncle Mike (Wilbur the dog does too).