Just for you, Froggy.

It’s too hot to do anything except occasionally rotate to present the other side to the fan. Philadelphia peaked at 102°F (38.9°C) this afternoon. It’s just after 6:00 now, and 101° in the city. I put a 9″X13″ pan of water out in the garden with ice in it in the shade this afternoon for…

Tomorrow can’t come too quickly. I’m getting pretty darned uncomfortable again – I’ve gained 18 pounds of fluid in ten days and I’m starting to feel like a water balloon. I’ve had more than one person joke that they ought to just put a spigot in side, and I’m starting to see the practicality of…

I consider myself immune to most forms of advertisement. Of course I “like” certain commercials better than others (herd cats or make frogs croak the name of a beer and you’ll get a chortle or two out of me), but I honestly can’t remember the last time I went out and did something because a…

This Friday is 11/11, also known as National Corduroy day. It’s been declared National Corduroy day because 11/11 looks like the wales in corduroy fabric. No, I’m not kidding. If you don’t believe me, check out The Corduroy Club Web Site’s Grandest Event Announcement. I found out about this a year ago, when the television…

Bonus points to anyone who can identify the song and group the title line is paraphrased from. My arms are literally covered with bruises from carrying boxes around for the last week. I’m on coumadin, a blood thinner, so I do tend to bruise a little more easily than the average person. But this looks…

Well, I have escaped the “moral dilemma” with my scruples intact. So far. To recap for those of you who missed the September 22nd episode of Palimpsest, The Diary, I was facing Wednesday with more than a little trepidation. Company meetings were scheduled that would unveil our big marketing plan, and there were believable rumors…