Archive for August, 2009
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
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
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
[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 [...]