Blog archives for May, 2008


Archive for May, 2008

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

The suspense is killing you, isn’t it. You’ve got those tingly rushes in your fingers, like you’ve almost fallen out of a tree. Or you’re going skydiving for the first time. Or someone has just threatened to make you speak about the relevancy of oatmeal to the human existence in front of [...]

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Today for Fun Monday our “Hostess with the Mostess” is Alison at RDH Mom. Her assignment is:

“Welcome to the Vacation edition of Fun Monday. We are all virtual travelers this week and I am sure our trip will take us around the world!!! I hope everyone has their passport up to date and is ready [...]

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Rob, Tara and Stan…

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Ten things some of us did not know about the State of Connecticut:
10. The entire state is NOT, in fact, paved.
9. The Nutmeg State. Cinnamon wasn’t available?
8. We traveled every day on Roast Meat Hill Road. Really.
7. I-95 North/South actually runs generally west/east in most of the state. This [...]

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Us paper tigers need to stick together…..Amelia knew all about that.
http://threeringcircussideshow.blogspot.com/2008/05/for-jenn-in-city.html

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

I return to Fun Monday after a couple of weeks of being sicker than a, well, dog and then being unable to find the host..
This weeks hostess is Mariposa. She wants to know about our “collections”. This is what she asked us to do:
“Collections… We all have them…and if you don’t, you do….you just may [...]

Friday, May 16th, 2008

In the lobby of the Really Big Bank Building where I work, Really Big Bank sponsors the decor including fresh flowers, artwork, and Solemn Security Guy who can tell you which block of elevators you need or the door code to the locked public restroom. Presumably, Solemn Security Guy also keeps a watchful, solemn eye [...]

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Voter turnout for the 2008 Presidential election will likely exceed all expectations, and probably be at an all time high. But not because of intriguing candidates, a controversial war, or an anemic economy.
No sirree. As an overall society, we’re just not that sophisticated. We’d so like to think better of ourselves, but we secretly [...]

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

I speak fluent Canadian. Even in this blog you will notice the occasional “colour” vs “color”. I can drive in KPH just as easily as MPH, and I’m better than most of my Canadian friends at knowing that 20 degrees is shorts weather. While I am still floored at the bizarre Northern pronunciations of “decal” [...]

Monday, May 12th, 2008

When I was a kid, I thought green olives grew with that red stuff in the middle. Didn’t get the pimento memo until I was about 12 or so.