Category: Open Threads

Every homeowner knows the feeling: all systems in the house break down simultaneously. This makes sense, of course, because most systems are installed simultaneously, either during a build or a remodel. At our house, the problems are going from top (defective roofing shingles) to bottom (worn-out sewer), with all manner

It’s been raining steadily and heavily for hours, which is such a wonderful thing. Equally wonderful is the fact that (knock on wood) nothing has leaked, flooded, or backed-up on our property since this rainfall began. I’m still mired in backlog from spending the last few days putting out family-related

I was originally going to title this post the “deja vu” edition, because Saturday was a repeat of Thursday: I had to rush off to my Mom to help her with some crisis and, when I returned home, I discovered that our sewage line had backed up. If my days

Even by my family’s standards, the past few days have been more than usually demanding. This evening marks the first time in two days that I’ve even looked at my email. I haven’t read news, I haven’t thought of anything other than dealing with family dynamics, and I certainly haven’t

I’m working on a nice post, but haven’t had a minute to myself. Today, I’m heading off to the Exploratorium with one of the kids, who needs to go there for a school assignment. I expect to enjoy myself . . . but I won’t be writing anything until this

No talk.  Just pictures (with thanks to Caped Crusader and Sadie):

I’ve spent five minutes staring at my monitor, trying to come up with a clever lead-in for these posters.  My mind is a blank.  I’ll just go with the obvious and say I’m pretty sure you’ll enjoy these posters, the majority of which (as always) come from Caped Crusader:

Day after day, Caped Crusader keeps sending me the most incredible posters — funny, wise, profound, moving, pointed . . . you name it.  I honestly don’t know how he does it, but I’m always so pleased to pass them along to you.  You can view the great images below

I’m planning on petitioning the celestial spheres for a 26 or 27 hour day. I’m finding the current 24 hour day inadequate. I won’t waste time with chit-chat, but I’ll just dive into the links I’ve been saving. Obama’s response to the synagogue attack When I wrote earlier today, I

I’ve been getting lots of things done. Sadly, these are never the things I actually want to do. I want to read and I want to write. However, over the past 24 hours, I’ve was able to read and collected some materials.  I now have a minute window of time