Archive for May, 2008
But it -comes- in a bag.
I just bought a 3oz bag of potato chips (and nothing else). The cashiers asked, “Do you want a little bag?” I’m looking at the bag. I always say, “No thanks. It comes in a bag.” Some laugh, and some hrmph. I’m ok with either response.
But honestly, who is so dainty that they need [...]
My Hero
He calls men Susie and Barbara. He always has a comeback. He tells it like it is, and doesn’t stick around for the chips. He’s Dr. Cox from Scrubs, and he is magnificent.
TV’s closest ally to the Book
I’m a fan of roughly a half dozen TV programs (only three of which are still on), and top of my list would have to be BookTV on C-Span2. It’s one of the rare places of intelligent speech in a medium that epitomizes free speech.
Tonight is Jim Hightower, “Swim Against the Current“. Of course, [...]
When the floods come…
…be their Ark. The Oxfam Emergency Fund: Donate to help victims of the Myanmar Cyclone. Those who are least like us, who are not our people, who are most distant from our daily cares, are our strangers. Love is tested not by it’s application to those who are most like us, but to those most [...]
What’s the difference between a week and a year?
If this week 40 people would give $25 each to New Futures Orphanage, instead of that same amount spread out over a year’s time, the children could buy chickens, fish, plants, and other sustainable food sources that would last over a long time, and wouldn’t have to eat the small increments of money coming in, [...]
