Weblog » Archives » October 2001

  • I kinda like this survey....so I'm gonna answer it! 5 songs I always crank up on the radio & sing along to: I’m No Angel by the Gregg Allman Band Roadhouse Blues by the Doors Flirtin’ With Disaster by Molly Hatch…

  • If only....*sigh* Memo from: The Office of the President of the United States To: Albert Gore Dear Al: We found some more votes. You won. When do you want to take over? Sincerely, George W. Bush

  • I'm curious about something. Do most Xangans here seem pretty real to you? Among the sites I read regularly, I sense that there's not a lot of bullshit. I know only certain aspects ARE revealed by anyone writing and p…

  • 2 quotes that I like! This one is new to me... Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in yo…

  • Some of you may be familiar with Desiderata. I've wanted to post it here for a long time. Well, today's the day! This comes as close to being my own philosophy of life as anything can be that was written by someone el…

  • I had other intentions in regard to today's post...but that was before I spent 45 minutes of my lunch time on the phone with Detroit Edison! In regard to my dealings with THEM, definition #2 of today's word from A Word …

  • If someone gave you one million dollars, tax-free, what's the VERY first thing you would do?

  • Wow, it's been awhile! Let's all increase our vocabularies thanks to the A Word A Day people... testudinate (te-STOOD-in-ayt) adjective, also testudinal or testudinarian 1. Slow-moving, like a turtle. 2. Curved lik…

  • Let's put out some more good quotes about life.... A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you…

  • A new-to-me quote from Oscar... Life is never fair, and perhaps it is good that it is not. --Oscar Wilde

  • How many of you who visit own records?...play them?....have a turntable?...know what a turntable IS?.....

  • Did you know… -George Washington’s annual salary was $25,000… -When reading a wine label, look for the word "veritable". It means that at least 75 percent of that wine is produced from a particular grape, like Chardonn…

  • Look, vocabulary junkies! Not one, but THREE entries thanks to the a Word A Day site! chichi (SHEE-shee) adjective Affectedly elegant. noun 1. Showy stylishness 2. A person with such quality. [From French.] "If all t…

  • Here's a joke someone forwarded to me... Two nuns are ordered to paint a room in the convent, and the last instruction of the Mother Superior is that they must not get even a drop of paint on their habits. After conferr…

  • Question...am I the only one who likes to read obituaries? My wife thinks it's sort of strange, but Ithink many of them are miniature biographies. The person doesn't even have to be famous!

  • Hey, kids....they've lightened up a tad here at work, so I'm surfing a bit and posting. Got Lynyrd Skynyrd jamming away on the PC and I'm in a GREAT mood!....and guess what? I've got some cool new quotes!! "Grief can …

  • I have no idea how the a Word A Day guy gets his words...but I DO know his daily e-mails constantly expand MY vocabulary! speaking of vocabulary...when pundit Dorothy Parker was asked to use the word horticulture in a s…

  • Hey, all. I'm still alive on the face of the earth! Not sure what happened, other than Real Life intruding. Plus they're still frowning on things Xangaesque at work, and when I get home I'm less inclined to post/read …

Recent Weblogs