Monthly Archives: December 2008

A decent episode of Survivor last night. Bob’s ill-considered offer to Kenny was amended in the aftermath. I would have lost all respect for Bob if he’d actually kept that promise. It would have been an act of legendary stupidity … Continue reading →

Here’s something you don’t see in Southeast Texas every day. It started snowing here (light—very light flurries) a while ago. The flurries don’t survive all the way to the ground, but they’ve been falling constantly for about 20-30 minutes. Only … Continue reading →

It’s 36° F here today, and there were reports of snow as close as 90 miles from here. Also sleet mixed in with today’s rain and a possibility of flurries at some point, although the ground is too warm for … Continue reading →

I filled my car’s gas tank from warning-light’s-on empty to the brim for $20 this weekend. $1.65 a gallon. Who thought we’d see that again? It was interesting to see on The Amazing Race the other night, the signs on … Continue reading →

Any computer gurus out there? My wife purchased a retired computer from her university for a pittance. The hard drive was scrubbed, but it is otherwise apparently in fine shape—or so I thought. I can turn the computer on and … Continue reading →

I’m surprised that they made such a big deal about the Survivor proposal during the previews, but Jeff didn’t mention it at all during tribal council. Maybe he didn’t know about it yet? The fatal flaw in Bob’s plan with … Continue reading →

A cold front swept across the state last night. It arrived at about 9 pm with a heavy rainfall that sounded at first like hail. Yesterday at this time it was in the 70s; today, the 40s. The U.K. Resource … Continue reading →

I get a kick out of it whenever the mentalist wanders off and the rest of the cast calls out for him like Tarzan: Jane! Jane! His little bit with Lisbon at the beginning was one of those gags that … Continue reading →

Imagine how much different things would be in different countries if the opposition could band together and say, sorry, your leadership stinks and we’re going to show you how it’s done. That’s the situation in Canada right now. There was … Continue reading →

What kind of name is Plaxico? It reminds me of a product Dow Chemical might produce. Who would ever have guessed that the two frat boys would have made it to the final three on Amazing Race? Not me, and … Continue reading →