I don’t bowl.

The Chicago Tribune is reporting on hurricane names today and mine came up:Each hurricane list has 21 names because the letters Q, U, X, Y and Z are omitted (tough to come up with X names). Six lists are used in rotation, so names reappear every seventh year.The rest of

I Traded the Caddy for a Microphone…

and now I'm confused. Anyone out there have a sweet set-up to do podcasting? I have a Logitech USB microphone that appears to work. I'm using a Macintosh with OS 10.2.x -- and I don't want to upgrade to Tiger or spend any money on the software. I've tried to

Wardrobe Coordination

"I have the cool jacket*, so now I'm ready to hit the town!" "Agreed." "But if you go with me, you have to look cool too...but not too cool." "What?" "You can't overshadow the jacket." "That's like Batman telling Robin he can wear the tights but not drive the Batmobile."

Troubling Intro

An instructor in my program recently recommended It's Alive, The Coming Convergence of Information, Biology and Business, and said she may use excerpts in her upcoming class. Being the intrepid student I am, I went ahead and ordered it. I got three paragraphs into the introduction and was jarred by

Dinner Conversation

"...so he stayed down there and the shark pushed him again.""What happened?""The shark ate him!""It's obvious why the shark ate him instead of swimming away.""How's that?""It's more fun to eat prey that's challenging. The guy fought back, so of course the shark wanted to eat him.""...""Why are you looking at

Hopelessly Devoted

I almost ashamed to admit this, but I remember all the songs and all the dance moves in Grease. Of course, if you were sitting in front of me at the Loews Theater this evening, you know that. Sorry you had to get up and leave, but I was hopelessly