Off to Raymond, Kansas
Friday, August 31st, 2007 Posted in Vacation | No Comments »Well, I'm off to the see the wizard. Lexi and I are flying to Kansas tonight to spend the Labor Day weekend with my parents and take in the 10th annual Raymond Labor Day Parade. Raymond is a town of ...
Too Skinny? Add 5 Pounds of Alluring Curves!
Thursday, August 30th, 2007 Posted in Newspaper Clippings, Society | No Comments »Another ad from a 1930s newspaper, this time encouraging the malnourished ladies to take Kelp-a-Malt tablets to put on 5 pounds of firm flesh. This would be the pre-Twiggy days when people liked a little meat on their women. But ...
A Life of Consequence
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 Posted in Adoption, God, Church & Stuff | 3 Comments »Today we got word that our adoption application has been accepted. The next step is a two-day class and a large chunk of money due. Then comes the home study and an even larger chunk of money due. It's exciting to ...
Why Do Libraries Shelve Paperbacks and Hardbacks Separately?
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 Posted in Books, Business & Marketing | 13 Comments »A little help from the library geeks in the audience: Why is it that libraries shelve paperbacks and hardbacks separately? So the hardback of say, Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis is in the hardback sci-fi section, while the ...
The Sanitary Meat Company
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 Posted in Business & Marketing, Newspaper Clippings | No Comments »Here's yet another 1930s newspaper clipping I scanned, an ad from the Sanitary Meat company. Boy, I sure hope so. But right there in the title they've assuaged my fears: Butcher: Wanna buy some meat? Shopper: Yeah, but is it sanitary? Butcher: [points to ...
The Sci-Fi/Fantasy Classification Sucks
Monday, August 27th, 2007 Posted in Books | 4 Comments »So I'm on a little sci-fi bender, and let me tell you--the bookstore doesn't help. Your sci-fi books are classified in one enormous section: Sci-Fi/Fantasy. Both genres are a certain kind of fanciful fiction where unrealistic things can happen. But ...
Addicted to Sci-Fi
Sunday, August 26th, 2007 Posted in Books, Movies | 2 Comments »In addition to my blog bender, I'm on a bit of sci-fi bender of late. I've always liked sci-fi. For the longest time Star Wars was my favorite movie and it was only dethroned by another sci-fi flick (Serenity). But ...
Blog Bender
Sunday, August 26th, 2007 Posted in Blogging | No Comments »I kinda went on a blogging bender last week. That's pretty standard before I go on a trip. For some reason I have this urgent need to get all the thoughts out of my head before heading off on a ...
A Green School in the Twin Cities
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007 Posted in Twin Cities | No Comments »Good magazine has a feature on green schools that features the Interdistrict Downtown School in Minneapolis. I used to walk by the school every day on my way to work. Apparently the big glass window in the front is a ...
I Could Go for Some Wii Boxing
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007 Posted in Technology | 1 Comment »I finally played the Nintendo Wii on Saturday. Now I know what all the fuss is about. I doubt I'll rush out and buy one, but the temptation is definitely there. It's very much a video game system for the ...
