Category Archives: Grabbings

Play This Or Play That

Cerberus Just Needed More Playtime Sunday afternoon, Nikki and I hopped in the car and headed to Ikea. Storage needs, let us show you them? Along the way, I needed two things: gas for the car and an ice cold Coke Zero* for me. So I stopped at the corner BP, one of about twenty

Friday Again Already

A week ago, I’d been 35 for a day. Thursday evening, I came home from work as quickly as meetings and traffic would allow. Nikki’d asked me earlier if a 6pm reservation would be doable. Surprise dinner. I’d said “Yes.” But as fate would have it, I was whipping into the driveway at 5:42pm with

Me, The Juror

… find in favor of not doing this again, not for a very long time. And when I do, I will cross my fingers and hope for a case far simpler that that which we confronted this week. After returning to the Court House before 9:30am to continue our deliberations, we reached a verdict and

Sunday Entertainment

It is amazing what the remote control will bring you when you least expect it. We slept in — maybe an hour or so — and I made pancakes while Nikki sought something breakfast-appropriate on television. As I was just about to drop batter on the pan, I heard the sadly familiar voice of semi-local

Wedding Accomplished

More pictures to come. Lots more. And stories too. Some involving mules. So thank you to all who attended, all who wished well, all who gave advice and all who just smiled at the thought.

Retelling the Story

(Everything has a beginning. This weblog began with a simple story. Six years later, it remains close to my heart. Recent events have raised it to my mind. Just last week, I took it out and blew off the dust. I polished places that were tarnished. I filled cracks. So before I place it with

middle earth in south georgia

when in rome, do as the romans… when in americus, seek out entertainment that doesn’t involve local livestock. and so, i’ve decided to go to the local cinema to catch my second showing of return of the king. i mean, hey… they’ve got cupholders!

tea with the dream king

the october interview with neil gaiman is finished and posted at jive magazine.

silent films, rock city and tea

we got to charlotte in plenty of time. vanilla coke and chex mix, rufus wainwright and johnny cash. these things kept us awake and thundering up i-85 on a saturday morning. these things and the reason to go, of course. and we were early. early enough to check into one hotel, make our way to

we have cats

allow us to introduce the latest members of our household. this is daeva. a girl. this is daksha. a boy. daeva and daksha came to us from cats in the cradle, a no-kill shelter in roswell. we found them about a month and a half ago during the shelter’s weekend visit to the roswell petsmart.