My friend Shawn called me Friday. Shawn’s originally from Buffalo, NY, but she’s been living in Indy for almost ten years. I’ve known her for most of those ten years. In the past few years, we’ve only managed to call or e-mail each other a couple of times a year. I’d like to see us [...]
Entries from January 2006
January 25, 2006
OK, now I’m annoyed.
Because I’m a glutton for punishment, I decided to read a post in the IndyStar’s Expresso blog. I mostly avoid that blog because the name of it really annoys me.
Anyway, I clicked-through because I saw there was a post about the toll road deal. I was curious because I don’t know much about the toll [...]
January 23, 2006
Yarn or doggy toy?
It’s round and fits neatly in your doggy mouth. You can swing your head from side to side as if to play tug-of-war with your imaginary playmate. You can drop the soggy mess at your person’s feet, hoping that she gets the hint and plays with you. Is it your girlfriend’s $10 skein of yarn, [...]
January 23, 2006
Hello, Rosy!
We got a new dog Saturday from the humane society. Overall, it was a pretty good experience. Rosy is a lab mix. She’s about one year old. She and the cat seemed to have made a truce. They touched noses this morning, and now they’re both sleeping. Carrot’s on top of the love seat, and [...]
January 20, 2006
The problem with tuna
is that it looks like and smells like cat food. And, get this, cats love it. Now that tuna comes in those little pouches that resemble, well, cat food, I can’t help but think about the smell and texture of cat food any time I’m eating tuna.
Anything you drink after eating tuna only amplifies the [...]
January 17, 2006
Expect no forgiveness from me
When I was eleven years old, my mom was brutally attacked in our home and left for dead. She was in the hospital for two weeks and had a bloodclot on her brain that was surgically removed. She damn near died. While her physical injuries were treated, she never wanted to address the emotional injuries [...]
January 14, 2006
Mass bellyaches
I hear the same advice over and over again - if you’re sick, don’t go to work; if your kids are sick, don’t send them to school. Several hundred students fell ill in one Indiana school this week from what officials believe is a norovirus outbreak, aka the cruise ship virus.
As buildings and [...]
January 13, 2006
Cherry picking the news
A few nights ago Governor Mitch Daniels delivered his State of the State address. I didn’t watch it, but I did read the speech the next day and several articles in the Star since then analyzing the speech’s content.
What surprised me most about Daniels’ speech was the lack of coverage it received by Indiana bloggers. [...]
January 12, 2006
Demons
When I was a kid, around 6 or 7, I asked my mom what churches were for. I had never been in one, but I noticed that these large ornate buildings that people called churches were everyone. Some of my friends even talked about going to them.
My mom gave me the five-minute explanation of God, [...]
