Good morning. First off, I want to say thanks to everyone at the Country Bookshop in Southern Pines for hosting a great event last night. And thanks especially to all the folks who came out, [...]
Saving lives is love.Donate to the Red Cross: US, UK, Int.Donate to another organization Give if you can. That’s all I’m going to say. It’s the very tail end of this new year, [...]
I’ve been trying all morning to think of something to write about today. But each time I had even a spark of an idea, I just couldn’t do it. The fact is, this journal is mostly silly, [...]
The great office cleanup is now underway. Yesterday, I started at about noon and worked for two hours straight. Now, all I have to do—and it will be so easy, right?—is get all this [...]
Happy day after day after Christmas. Hard to believe, isn’t it? All that buildup, shopping, making plans, and it’s over in a single weekend. I don’t know about you, but [...]
The last couple of days here can be summed up in these words: couch change. This is a big deal. Let me explain. When we first built our house and moved in, we couldn’t even believe it was [...]
I keep seeing ads for Meet the Fockers, and everytime I do, I just shudder a bit. No, it’s not Barbra Streisand in that caftan. It’s more just remembering seeing Meet the Parents, [...]
Good news for Harry Potter fans: the new book is out on July 16th. It’s amazing to me how much of an impact this announcement seems to have: booksellers rejoice, stock market rises. I mean, [...]
According to AOL weather, here in Chapel Hill it’s now 13 degrees outside. And feels like 0 degrees. Zero! I can’t even believe it. I mean, this is the South. It’s not supposed [...]
I just saw the oddest commerical. It was for Panasonic wet/dry shavers. A guy and a girl, each with a shaver, going through a carwash. The water pours down on them: cut to her shaving her legs [...]