Age is a state of mind
And since my niece is graduating from high school today, I’m feeling very very old.
Archive of entries posted on May 2008
Pooch update
Tigger’s wound is finally healing well. What’s even more fun is that she’s seemingly reached the conclusion that it’s more comfortable to sit up on the way downtown. She’s also feeling better, if behavior is any judge. She’s back to bouncing around at 10:00pm, demanding her Milk Bone cookie in no uncertain terms.
Lost, Season Four, Season Finale
Ryan’s post. James Poniewozik’s post at Time magazine. Alan Sepinwall’s post at the New Jersey Star-Ledger. (Thanks to Jon at Dodger Thoughts for the pointers to the latter two. Update: He’s added three more links to some professional TV watchers — EW, Variety, and the Chicago Tribune.) Two hours? Two hours!?! I’m gonna have to …
Light bulb on
Has anyone else noticed that the media hasn’t cited that old chestnut “No one has won the Presidential election from the US Senate in umpty-ump years” lately? Give ’em credit for noticing something, anyway.
Registry 101
Apparently USA Baby, as well as having a poorly-designed website (see below), doesn’t feel it’s necessary to match its customers’ baby registry to its inventory either. The company has two stores on Oahu, but when we called to determine whether it had the items we wanted on hand, we were shocked to learn that neither …
Surprising warning
A few weeks ago my kitchen TV’s DVD player quit. The drawer wouldn’t open. The 13″-inch television in that room is on a 30-inch wide cart, and its footprint is such that one of the newer slim-line players won’t work unless I put the TV on top of it, which I don’t think is ideal. …
Free-market John
Senator McCain’s faith in the private sector and the overarching ability of the free market to provide the best solution to absolutely everything is touching, considering that he’s never been on a private payroll in his life. Consider: He entered the Naval Academy in 1954 at eighteen He retired from the Navy in 1981 He …
Despicable
Bush, today at Arlington: Today, we gather to honor those who gave everything to preserve our way of life. The men and women we honor here served for liberty. They sacrificed for liberty. And in countless acts of courage, they died for liberty. From faraway lands, they were returned to cemeteries like this one, where …
Poor design
If a company was designing a website registry which would let friends purchase gifts an expectant mother had listed as ones she’d need once the baby arrived, would it not make sense to show images of the prospective items on the online order page so the buyer could see what the hell it is he …
The Phoenix has landed
Does everyone know about NASA TV? The lander has been on the surface of Mars for slightly under 30 minutes as I type. Update: Go over here to see a photo of the lander settling toward the Mars surface under its parachute. Truly amazing.