Astronaut Snowglobes Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Then this must’ve been Kennedy Space Center. We’ve been spending the week with friends in Florida. Yesterday was Islands of Adventure. Today was the absolute geek-out that is the Space Center. A whole afternoon of nothing but rockets. Fantastic. Tomorrow? Rest. Thursday is Busch Gardens. Friday is … well …
03-24-06_1232.jpg Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Unused super-huge eat-in glasses at the Fudd. We were given paper to-go cups, instead. Why? I wonder. Actually, they were very short-staffed. I imagine that many places were.
03-18-06_1001.jpg Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Top o’the mornin’to you, too.
Et tu, Hispanics? Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Finally. It’s good to be (almost) back. All in all, last night was a strong showing for us. Lots of good answers, lots of good guesses. Only a few things tripped us up. I could’ve sworn that John Quincy Adams was one of our two Whig Party presidents, …
“Did you say Claude Allen? Got caught shoplifting, eh? And you say he used to work here? I’m sorry, but that name just doesn’t ring a bell. Thanks. God Bless.” Want to know how your employer really feels about you? Resign. Then do something incredibly asisine* less than a month later. You’ll be nothing but …
What happened? I sent emails to a handful of Georgia Senators regarding S.B. 123 and received a single reply. Thank you, Senator Johnson. I responded to that reply with further concerns and heard nothing else. So how did it all turn out? On March 2, the Georgia Senate voted on SB 123. By a vote …
03-08-06_2123.jpg Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Free t-shirt. Yay. And that’s all we won. A compressed t-shirt for everyone. Conveniently enough, Nikki and I have to do some painting around the house in the next month or so.
Oscar Night. For some, the biggest television night of the year. For others, just a whole lot of Hollywood nothing. For me and the forces assembling at my house, it is a once-a-year opportunity to rain snark upon the hot-nows and has-beens of moviedom. Your cast of characters: me, Zip, Nikki, Janice, Emily, Kris, Bill …
"Doctor Who" Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. When I was 14, one of my most prized possessions was a record player. Actually, I had two. Then three. The first was an all-plastic contraption from Sears with cubicle speakers that could be pulled out from the pedestal upon which the turntable sat. The second was one I …
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