according to the state, if i lived in north carolina my ethnicity would be ‘nl’. non-latino, of course.

my opinion of the new eminem cd: he sampled martika’s toy soldier… ugh.

i have judged the everyman photo contest since its inaugural year and i can make you a few guarantees 1) more people than you think take really good pictures 2) more people than you think shoot really bad pictures of their pets and mistake them for good and lastly i would never vote for a picture with a date/time stamp on it.

happy thanksgiving!

its the most a-nnoying time of the year. its probably been there for a while but because i don’t shop very often i hadn’t noticed them slip the christmas stuff out already.

i made a pumpkin pie from scratch this week, including the crust, and it was delicious.

i know the religious kooks are excited after the election and all but now they are tossing science out of the schools and day after day i begin to feel more and more like i live in afghanistan.

why are the flavors and features of toothpaste completely refreshed every time i go to the grocery, our latest tube even exclaims “exciting flavor!” truth is, i don’t need or want this much excitement from my toothpaste.

the rewards of raising children would be much easier to realize if you didn’t have to wait two plus years for them to express their feelings in some way other than a cry.

could there be a better title for a book: alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day – even in australia?

just over a year out of residency natalie has already fit in to the collection of doctors who dismiss the complaints of current residents because the youngin’s don’t have to work nearly as hard as she did.

i didn’t think the israelis did much to advance peace in the middle east by refusing yasir arafat’s burial in jerusalem but after watching the funeral over the weekend, looks like a good decision on their part.