Archive for August, 2009

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

The Best Guess Is

While there was no prize to be given away for last week’s ‘What in the World’, the best answer hands-down came from my Aunt Terri: “Whether you are dreaming of the perfect vacation, a night on the town with dinner and the theater, or just taking in your favorite movie, the Gay Pride MasterCard or [...]

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

But It’s ‘Gift-Wrapped’

This is my mother’s birthday present. Her birthday is today. (Happy Birthday, Mom!) And it’s still sitting on my kitchen table. It was purchased from a lovely little older Korean woman at the same time I purchased my sister’s…ahem…belated birthday present [said hurriedly]. When the woman asked, ‘How we packeeng?” I told her I was [...]

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

So What Have We Learned From This?

[Got here late? This is the last installment. You know, the part where we tell the moral of the story...Read part 1, part 2 & part 3 here.] It’s been a few days now since the weekend man-hunt for the sensitive equipment* that went missing on Friday night. It’s officially progressed into a criminal investigation – got [...]