Happy Christmas

Hey, you, yeah you.
Have a happy Christmas,  if you’re into that sort of thing. 
We call it Chrismukkah round ours.  Cause you know, Jeremy’s Jewish and I’m not and all.
It is celebrated by drinking at least one Bloody Mary each day, doing a jigsaw puzzle and watching lots of movies.  Roasted chestnuts also get eaten.  Also, [...]

Nerd Alert

I spent much of last night watching The History of Christianity on BBC4.
It was all about Luther and the Reformation.  I kept giggling at it because the presenter, Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch, is sort of a goofball, but in a stereotypical old fashioned English sort of way.  I’d like to hang out with him and ask him [...]

Addition to the scary list

Sickness.  I have had a flu shot, so why do I appear to have the flu?  Not fair.
If you need me today, well, that’s tough luck.  I’ll be in bed.

The Bounties of the Internet

So do you know what happens when you Google your dad’s HAM radio call?  Assuming your dad, like mine, is a HAM radio operator?  This is what happens, you find an awesome photo of your parents from 1978 when they were on vacation in Montserrat (She’s in the sun dress, he’s the one with the grey [...]

What I did on my summer vacation

Got attacked by mutant mosquitos in Venice
Seriously they were horrifying.  The bites turned into blisters so that they were full of puss, painful and itchy.
Also they were very red.  I am very pale.  I looked like a leper.  there is an island for lepers near Venice (well not anymore really, but it was) I am surprised [...]

and return

We are home.
London is grey.
The cat has a limp.
But there are like five million yellow cherry tomatoes in the garden, so that’s good.
Italy recaps to come later.

a brief update from palermo

Palermo is a strange town.  There is a strange mix of beautiful and horrible architecture.  Some buildings remain damaged from American bombs in WWII.  We have seen churches built in the 11th century.  In the convento dei cappucini we saw a 2 year old who was mummified in 1920.  In the Botanical Gardens there was [...]

Fireable Offense

So we’ve been talking (obviously) about the Michael Jackson memorial a fair bit at work today.  And I mentioned that I really enjoyed Stevie Wonder’s performance and one of my temps said that he thought it was just okay and that Stevie Wonder was “overrated.”  Overrated!  I almost fired the ridiculous man on the spot.   [...]

Best search term ever

Somebody actually found this blog by using the following search term:
really very very scary sea monster image
I don’t know if you, dear sea monster searcher, found what you were looking for when you got her, but either way, I salute you.

In case you weren’t sure

This is what I want for my birthday.  Jon Hamm or Paul Rudd will do.
Please also include airfare to LA.  Thanks.