We’re back. And, yes, we did have a magnificent time and I want you to hear all about it. So, put down your knitting needles or your last minute gift list or that Christmas card from Aunt Ida and get comfortable. We were there a week and I don’t want you to [...]
Archive for December, 2006
14 Dec
Thoughts on leaving
Today I leave for Paris, France for a week. I absolutely cannot wait to get there. Carrie and I even discussed science-fiction possibilities for getting there even faster. The top three that we came up with are:
Portkey (a la Harry Potter)
Apparation (a la Harry Potter)
Teleportation (a la Star Trek)
We’re not going to [...]
13 Dec
Peach and Red
Peach and Red
Originally uploaded by ConspiracyofHappiness.
I know I promised pictures of the new kitty cats, but it was so hard to get them together…plus, Red is curious about the camera. So, every time they’re cute, you get the camera out and she comes running to see what you’ve got. It makes it very [...]
7 Dec
A day that will live in infamy.
I have no poignant thoughts on Pearl Harbor. My feeling is that anything I could say would merely cheapen the memory of such an event. I wasn’t there, I wasn’t even born yet. My parents weren’t even born yet. I do know this, however; many men gave their lives that day [...]
6 Dec
…a pirate’s life for me.
On the Seine, Houseboat Dwelling
If I don’t come back from Paris, this will be why. Short of driving around my own country, this would be ideal.
5 Dec
Segregation Junction, what’s your function?
There is currently a case or two before the Supreme Court regarding use of race in public schools to determine admission. In your mind, you probably imagine that it’s the Brown v. Board of Education all over again. In reality, the public schools have been trying to avoid that and it’s the parents [...]
4 Dec
The Ice Man Cometh
It’s currently 16 degrees in Louisville, and yes, I rode my bike to work today. You’ve seriously got to question the sanity of a person willing to strap themselves to a metal conveyance and hurtle downhill with oncoming traffic at this temperature. The wind chill is 8 degrees. My face, what little [...]
1 Dec
Fourteen days
How long must we wait to go to Paris? A mere 14 days. The agony is sweet and beautiful. Ordinarily I don’t ramp up like this for vacations that involve air travel, but I am geeked for this trip. Paris is a true “world city”. When you say Paris, nobody [...]
