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My goodness, I have done nothing all weekend, nada, zip, zilcho. Except I cooked a real-live dinner last night. And walked with Doug to Harvard Square this afternoon to eat a hamburger and buy some gifts for my Secret Pal. And watched a movie so awful, to repeat its name might curse my bloodline for […]

Sometimes I need to be distracted from the usual mixture of fury and panic, even if only for a few minutes.

Although I Like a Good George W. Bush Joke as Much as the Next Guy, Some of Them Seem Gratuitous and Mean-Spirited.
Bush’s speechalist (requires QuickTime).

“That rain is coming straight down!”
“If you don’t finish your supper, you’re going to dry up and blow away.”
“Katie bar the door!”
“Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise.”
“Whatever pleases you tickles me plumb to death.”
“Want to split a piece of gum?”
“This gum is about to wear me out!”
“You know, after we saw the way the […]

Instead of being annoyed that I had to work late the previous night and missed dinner out with a friend of yours from DC, bring home a book I wanted but didn’t know you knew I wanted (in this case, Davy Found Rothbart’s new collection of stories, The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas) — and […]