Tomorrow on Labor Day, the one nod to what’s left of the hard-working middle class, the latest Gulf hurricane is predicted to hit the coast. It looks like people are actually serious about evacuating and being evacuated this time. I wonder if it dies down and turns out to be nothing more than a bad [...]
I spent all day at home baking. I got a phone all from my realtor at about noon telling me he hadn’t gotten the seller’s disclosure yet so it may be best to wait to make an offer until it arrived, which, due to the holiday, would not likely be until next week. They didn’t [...]
John McCain has chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate. The blogosphere is alive with comments. Here are a few from CNNPolitics.com:
Lindsay says:
updated 41 minutes ago
McCain picked a woman to trump Obama but this will backfire! As a woman I am insulted that McCain thinks I will vote for woman who is clearly not qualified [...]
It’s done. Nomination made and accepted. I watched the end of the convention on the internet tonight. And I’m still more annoyed by it than I’d hoped I’d be. Who plans these things? Who decided to set up some cheap-looking pseudo Classical Greek columns as if these were the Oscars or some other useless awards [...]
I don’t know who’s been calling me every evening at about 1830. The phone rings about five times and then stops. I haven’t answered it. My cell phone doesn’t go on to ring so I know it isn’t anyone I know. I hope it’s not important, but I doubt it. Few things are and if [...]
It’s an unattractive, sprawling city in the Rockies, many a drab hour on the road from anywhere else. I’ve seen the Pope in Denver, been in car accidents in Denver, and got on the worst flight leg ever in Denver. I’ve never spent real time there. There’s no point. But right now, everyone’s watching Denver [...]
The blog Very Good Taste started this version of a blog chain letter. It lists 100 foods and you’re supposed to highlight the ones you’ve eaten and cross out the ones you would never touch. I didn’t do any crossing out because I’m lazy and it’s getting late and my mouse is crap. I [...]
I’ve just e-mailed my realtor and have told him I’m ready to put in an offer on that loft. It’s an airy 700-footer in one of the hippest parts of town with great windows and great light and it looks out onto the bridge and river. It’s priced far too high for me, especially combined [...]
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
New Orleans is joining that group. How can you keep feeling sorry for people if they won’t fix their own mistakes. I, and many others, are a little charity-fatigued. If people keep getting themselves in the same pickle as before, it’s impossible to feel [...]
I went out to a happy hour at a local wine bar after work today. We drank a couple of glasses of wine, but mostly chugged on water and split some snacks. We’re all feeling the inflation pinch (and for me it’s worse thanks to the house-buying nonsense that may not even come to pass) [...]
I backed Senator Clinton firstly because I think we know everything about her and a “pig in a poke” is not someone I want elected. My secondary reason to back her was her universal health care plan. But stuff like this gives credence to those who do not want it and are not willing [...]
I almost had a panic moment today after I went to see the last of the promising listings with my agent. The place is a new condo conversion but all units are laid out in an unwieldy, ineffective fashion that nearly renders their fabulous neighborhood meaningless. We saw all units and hated every one of [...]