WHO issues influenza addendum: NOT "swine" flu

well, i'm sorry, but while doing a google image search for "policemen" and finding THIS photo, i forgot what i was going to do in the first place.

sorry about that, chief.

on the other hand, if YOU have an idea for a subject line or caption, leave it in the comments section.

MISSING: last seen outside shaker heights, ohio

faves

i can't help it; rainy days and coffee makes me want this back again. in lieu of the impossible, i've done some research and have discovered an old electric italian espresso maker. we are searching for a replacement cord, or will have one made. a review of the finished product awaits; but in the meantime, enjoy the beauty of design + function.

coffee, a cool coffee maker, a couple of my favorite beatles songs, and now, i'm off to drink javahhhh and re-read some harry potter.

bicycle jeopardy, the answer, "MADISON COUNTY"

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the question: WHERE ISN'T THIS?

duffy strikes again

reprinted without permission, of course

thought for the day, week, month, year, lifetime

puberty

it's in the air; don't say i didn't warn you.
need evidence?

look at these little twigs, planted in the front yard of the orphanage back in november of '02 . . .

here they are in may of last year, in full spring beauty, along with my dwarf lilac bushes.

well, this year, my little twigs became adults. they have developed whirly-gigs. i think they're the autumn blaze maple equivalents of chest hair.

here, one of my little maples towers over the orphanage's station wagen, loaded with airplanes [the tree, not the volvo], waiting for takeoff on an upcoming windy day.

my tulip solitaire is looking mighty fine today, having survived the deluge of last weekend and the snow of a couple weeks ago. i have several more bulbs i plan to put in the bed next to this hardy harbinger of the spring yet to come.