Monthly Archives: October 2006

Thirty-One Years Ago Today

Super Me, Halloween 1975 Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. I was Superman. This is little me on the front porch of our horse. The costume is not a costume, but pajamas. The most awesome pajamas ever, I think. The only things missing from little me are the right shoes. Boots, actually. Red ones. I asked for

Ephemeral Design

(This is going to be one of those nerdy self-referential posts where I write about this blog, as opposed to writing about something truly interesting. You might want to skip it.) As a dedicated WordPress user, this is where I’m supposed to mention kindly this new theme that now frames my blog. In particular, this

A Monday Twenty

Last week, it was fifteen. This week, it is twenty. Who knows just what it will be next week. Regardless, here’s the music that filled my afternoon from about 2pm on. “Bad Boy Clyde” – Esthero “Kick” – INXS “Ogive” – William Orbit “Lil’ Jimmy Skit” – Kanye West “Under Tha Influence (Follow Me)” –

Too Much Cake, Not Enough Candelabra

Our latest podcasted effort for North Fulton Drama Club has been posted at Georgia Podcast Network. The title for Episode 7? More Candelabra. This was a fun one to do. As will be immediately obvious to anyone who cares to listen, we were under the influence of birthday cake, pumpkin seeds and free flat beer.

QotD: My First Flight

Do you remember your first flight? Where did you go? Why?Submitted by Laurel. I went to Cinncinnati, Ohio.  To see my brother and sister-in-law.  I was 12, got a tour of the cockpit and my own set of plastic Delta pilot's wings. Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Daunting, Isn’t It?

NaNoWriMo starts in five days. I’ve been on the roster for a couple of years, but I’ve called forfeit every time. Too busy, typically. There’s always something else to do. But when November comes to a close, I feel a little pang of missed opportunity. And quite frankly, I’m getting tired of the panging. I

Terribly Good

Today's QoTD is about listing your top 5 in books, music or movies.  I've not the time to do any of the above, but I can make one solid reading recommendation, maybe the first of several.  These will be the books that I've always loved, always recommended and will never deny. Good Omens: The Nice

Mere Pages Further Along

Shaara's novel is proving a greater challenge than I anticipated.  Of course, I've yet to give it my sole attention, choosing instead to take it with me to the few solo lunches I've had.  Rarely do I eat alone.  It's good and socially positive, but none to productive for reading's sake. Beyond that, the detail

The Phrase Has Failed

Didn’t I say this already? Yes. I did. Only this time, the phrase has been phased out officially. When revisionism fails to work, then a change of language is in order. I wish other issues were so linguistically manageable. When next my kitchen sink is clogged, I could just say that my drain is just

Mobilized

The Unsent – Tiled Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. I’ve taken quite a few photos with my camera phone this year. Here are 47 of them.