My online friend Cass has embarked on a new blogging venture- DigiCass! She wants to document her foray into the world of digital photography and I like it because it seems to be on the same level as me. Cass...
My parents gave us a pair of binoculars for Christmas. Actually, they gave me and my sisters each a pair. My mom got some buy one, get two free deal, which I think is pretty smart. See, each of us...
David Edelstein's baby has a new mommy. The Slate Movie Club has been a perrennial favorite of mine, especially when living in Uganda and short of a couple NYT reviews didn't know most of the big buzz movies of 04...
"We have shown them our stupidity." (Link) FURTHER READING The above quote can also be found here. DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions of authors cited on The Grub Street Plumber's blog do not necessarily state or reflect the views of sane people, and may not...
Democrats Vow to Challenge Bush's Iraq Proposal By Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, January 7, 2007; 2:38 PM Democratic leaders of Congress vowed today to use their powers of spending and policy oversight to challenge President Bush's expected proposal this week...
Well what a gloomy day it has been today. Not much going on but there is some pretty good football on the tube, and I love how good the games look on my HDTV. Regular TV just isn't comparable, and...
I finally got around to updating the Daily Fuller Fix. They are all pictures from our last two trips and capture Fuller in various highjinks- biking, playing the piano, goofing off, and even cooking. There are lots more pictures that...
I dialed a number and got the following recording: "I am not available right now, but thank you for caring enough to call. I am making some changes in my life. Please leave a message after the beep. If I...
Before I jump into it, Matt Allison is finally blogging again, and April has some hilarious pics up of her, The Mitch, and EE at Rock City. I intended to post this last week, but things got sidetracked by the Bill...
Every two months or so in Uganda I would go to the capital city Kampala in order to buy cheese, chicken breasts, milk and other western style foods to consume during the next couple months. Invariably, as we would arrive...
Contrasting Pitchfork's top ten of 05, 04, and 03 with the consensus picks for 06 is real exciting to me. I love a lot of the music from many of these top tens. I own probably more than half the...
TI've read a couple articles with an economic tilt today. The first was about gift cards. Apparently 19% of all giftcards in America go unused. That amounts to a large loss to consumers, and a lot of free money for...
Because I really want to in my heart of hearts, I've decided to get back into blogging again (for now). In the interests of full disclosure, I have a deep emotional need to not just write words on this website...
I'm selling my Nissan 4door sentra for a 1,000 bucks and if anyone is interested let me know, 423-505-5958. Its a stick, power windows and locks, cruise, 115K miles on it. Great for getting to and from down town. Good...
My new year's resolution was to get more Fit... So I did. Yesterday went down to Pye Honda and picked out a Fit... well they had two so it was eaney or meany... miney and moe left town. The one I...
The boy has a simple way of distinguishing people, their likenesses, and even anthropomorphic objects: he describes them by the dominant color of their clothing. So, for instance, when he sees Will Ferrell in Elf, the label assigned, of course, is...
Yeah, it's that time again. Where people start going back to school after Christmas. Damn, it sucks. Speaking of sucking, have you noticed how school is slowly changing it's ways to become a all year around school? That's going to...
In attempt to destroy not only Christianity, but all religious belief save his own--God bless that tolerance which violently attacks intolerance--Sam Harris attacks and, in my opinion, primarily attacks Christianity. ...
So last night I decided that for Spring Break I'm going to go out West. I'd like to see what it's like out there before I just pack up and head out there to college. Spring Break is starts March...
One really neat part of my Christmas celebration that I forgot to mention was a wonderful event that two friends of mine held on Christmas evening. My family tends to do presents the night before Christmas, so on Christmas...
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