I spent Friday evening at the vet with our cat Ducati.  I’m thinking I should start a vet tally for each of our pets down below so we can all see what astronomical figures we are paying to keep these four assholes alive.  The I’m going to add up all the numbers and sit down with each of them to discuss a reduction in force, because these are tough economic times and while we have done our best to keep things at the status quo, it has come time to …

I’m a day late, but I couldn’t go without mentioning that yesterday was National Librarian Day. Seeing as how my lovely wife has her degree in Information Science, I feel incredibly disappointed in myself for spending yesterday sleeping rather than preparing celebratory library-themed games and snacks.
In honor of that day, and of librarians across the land, let me share some library facts with you (via Wikipedia):
The first two libraries, in ancient Sumer and in Egypt, were repositories for archives, mostly comprised of inventories and commercial transactions.
Private libraries first appeared …

Recently, Dooce posted her answers to a meme asking some silly questions about one’s marriage that had been making the rounds among her Facebook friends. I’d not seen this one before, because all of my Facebook friends are currently obsessed with telling me 25 things about themselves or sharing the 25 albums that changed their lives.
Since today is our third wedding anniversary and this past Sunday was our seventh anniversary since our first date and this coming Friday is our sixth anniversary of having moved in together, I’ll share …

Last week, Janie’s grandmother died.  It wasn’t altogether unexpected, but really sad nonetheless.  Janie was her only grandchild and they shared a very special bond.  In the last years, as her memory steadily declined, she moved to a beautiful home in Oregon where she was cared for around the clock by a family.  Janie and her parents drove down for a visit this summer, a visit that would be their last chance to hold her and kiss her and tell her how much she was loved and missed.
She was 92 …

Dear Janie,
I realize that when you started here, we promised yearly performance appraisals. I apologize that it has taken so long for us to complete your first full review lo, these six year later. I hope you’ll understand, we were quite busy watching Xena and Playing Madden ’02 through ’08. The good news there is that the Seahawks just can’t lose. The bad news is that no matter how many times we watch, Xena and Gabrielle never fully explore their friendship on screen, if you know …