Days of Chili and Cherry Pie
The hot items for homecoming kids are Becky’s chili and cherry pie. For good reason. I should prevail on Becky to write the recipes so we could post them on her web pages. But I think it’s impossible to recreate the main ingredient: Becky’s personal touch.
It was a good day today for walking, mowing and croquet. Having successfully rendered stupid hot for Kathie, it’s been mild for Kim’s visit so far.
Still working on the Hanrott & Horsley website. I think we’re getting down to final details, and may go live within a couple of weeks. If anybody has any critiques regarding general appearance, design, navigation or usability, let me know and I’ll pass them along.
Would’ve been a good time for a cappuccino, but I was just too stuffed!
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Go On Without Me
For various reasons, I hardly read a newspaper any more. One of the reasons is the general quality of the Lawrence Journal-World (a/k/a Lawrence Journal-Rag); another is the local media monopoly held by the World Company which owns the Lawrence paper, bought out the other papers such as Baldwin Ledger, and owns the cable TV service. I’m just philosophically disposed to boycott to the extent possible. But there are occasions when the LJW is a handy read, and sometimes I even spot something that strikes a chord. Such was the case this evening, although it was actually yesterday’s paper. The July 12 syndicated column (requires registration) by Leonard Pitts, Jr., “winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary”, a columnist for the Miami Herald, was generally about where technology has actually brought us now that we’ve reached the future that was hyped in the 50’s and 60’s. He pondered a $3200 internet ready refigerator with TV in door that he spotted at a store. His concluding remark struck one of those chords: “Sometimes, you’ve just got to let the future go on without you.”
Fiction, or Stranger Than Fiction?
July 21, 2004
General, Language, Politics
4 Comments
John
All good Chappells are already be familiar with it, but everyone else should be sure to check out the 2004 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Results.
And this little flash animation is topical in light of an earlier article wherein I sought relevancy by means of discourse on current events and life in the USA. Most of the other animations there are amusing, as well. This seems to be a collection of animated editorial cartoons. There’s something you can’t get in your local newspaper!
And, finally, in keeping with the foregoing, take a look at this preview of what’s coming (also requires Flash player).