There are tons of news stories and obits floating around about Arif Mardin’s death, and many of them quote Daryl Hall’s written statement calling him a “father figure.’ So, in a way, Daryl Hall has now lost a father to
No bird feeders at the pawn shop
Karsten went by the nearest pawn shop today to check for our bird feeders, but they weren’t there. I don’t know if we’ll bother checking too many others — there are A LOT of them, and it’s kind of depressing.
Bird feeders stolen AGAIN – email to our neighbors
Germantown & Salemtown friends, After losing several bird feeders to theft a few months ago and taking elaborate measures to secure what remained, this morning Karsten and I discovered our bird feeder pole and remaining feeders were gone. Not only
Oregon, Hall & Oates, and “Almost Famous”
This article in the Oregonian made me smile; it’s like a Hall-and-Oates-flavored version of “Almost Famous.” I was 9 years old when the H2O album came out, and a girl in my fifth grade class (I sure wish I could
Last night’s dinner
My cilantro plants were sky-high, so I was curious to try this cilantro pesto recipe stashed away in my recipe files. I made it last night, and Karsten said he felt like he was eating at a fancy restaurant in
Attention rom-com fans: 2-for-1 tickets to “The Break-Up”
If any other romantic comedy fans out there have been looking forward to “The Break-Up” starring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaugn, you’ll be as happy as I was to know that MasterCard is doing a special promotion on Fandango: buy
How does your garden grow?
This is the moment Karsten and I have been waiting for: the daylilies have started to bloom! Thought I’d show a picture or two of the stars, as well as a few pics of some of the other sections of
Desmond Dekker dead at 64
Of a heart attack. I think it’s going to be an all-reggae music day in his honor.
If you love recipes, Macs, or software development, you’ll appreciate this
[Because tells me I’ve been quiet lately, I guess I’m making up for the past two weeks of silence with all these posts this morning. 🙂 ] Since I switched to using a Mac last November, I’ve had little difficulty
How do ghosts write, anyway?
OK, and on to a lighter subject: I wonder who ghost-wrote this for Gore? “[…] He presents, with alarming clarity and conclusiveness — and with humor, too — that the fact of global warming is not in question and that