Posted in Blather on October 31st, 2005 4 Comments »
According to one news story I saw tonight, the biggest Halloween fright in Churchill, Manitoba is polar bears.
It appears they like to stroll the streets of Churchill occasionally. The definitely enjoy dining at the Polar Bear Diner. So it’s generally considered a poor idea to dress your children up as seals or bears. Just […]
Posted in Blather on October 31st, 2005 No Comments »
Yesterday, the sky was astonishingly clear. The air was brisk. Fresh. And very, very, very dry.
I had forgotten that in this part of the world, at this time of year, the air gets like this. Dry air, if you’re unfamiliar with it, has two primary characteristics. One, your skin withers and dies and feels like […]
Posted in Blather on October 30th, 2005 No Comments »
Yes, this is what I unofficially call Piddleville (although Piddleville is actually my Web site.)
And while it may not be obvious, this is Piddleville back on Standard Time. (It’s subtle – only the discerning eye can pick up on it.) Note the blue of the sky. It is crystal […]
Posted in Blather on October 30th, 2005 4 Comments »
This is my contribution to Flash Fiction Friday #14 over at Purgatorian. And away we go:
The Introduction
It was just a bad feeling. I couldn’t coordinate my limbs. Stepping forward, I would weave right. Reaching out to the fence for balance, I clutched air and staggered in quick-step fashion till I came to an abrupt stop, […]
Posted in Blather on October 30th, 2005 2 Comments »
Well, if The Girlspoke DrunkCast™, Take Two weren’t enough to convince me the Internet is just jam-packed with strange and stupid people, my own stats are another strong indicator. (That’s not a swipe at Girlspoke but a remark about people who end up there after doing silly searches.)
Because I posted an image of Gina Lollobrigida […]
Posted in Blather on October 25th, 2005 3 Comments »
First of all, I have no wish to make light of cancer. My father had it, he died from it. There’s nothing remotely funny about that. However, how we feel about it sometimes is …
At least if you’re me. It affects so many people, in various ways, it is the great horror of our times. […]
Posted in Blather on October 24th, 2005 No Comments »
On Saturday, I put up the post Disasters: meanwhile, in Pakistan … The problem with the post was that I had yet to actually donate anything myself. So I felt a little as if I was full of shit. But there was a reason I hadn’t - I had to be on the corporate network […]
Posted in Blather on October 24th, 2005 3 Comments »
Yes, I do. I have needed a change for quite some time. What sort of change? Well, a change of:
- location- work- life
The whole kit ‘n’ caboodle, a they say. (What exactly is a “caboodle?” Apparently it’s a, “bunch: any collection in its entirety.”)
Well, that’s today’s musing. Perhaps it’s a notion that will pass. Perhaps […]
Posted in Blather on October 23rd, 2005 3 Comments »
I came across a post Kris wrote about blogging and I know exactly what she’s talking about when she asks, “Why do some write about every, little, single, humdrum, minute aspect of the everyday?” It can be annoying and irksome at the best of times. I feel like she does. On the other hand, I […]
Posted in Blather on October 23rd, 2005 No Comments »
There’s a lot of music in my place. Between CDs, my computer and my iPod, I could probably program my own station without having to resort to having songs “in rotation.”
But here’s the thing about music – quite apart from how good or bad it is (largely a subjective assessment), it goes a long way […]
