In Weird . . .
08.02.2006
I'm fascinated by coincidences like this one.
04.25.2006
In Ho_Hum . . .
08.12.2008
And God said, "Yea, do not be proud or boastful about your good and plenty space. For verily I say unto thee ...
08.01.2008
I'm joining a support group.
07.24.2008
The weird part wasn't that Honey, you know ... spoke. It was that she spoke with an English accent. It wasn't exactly a proper, "Received English" kind of English, but it wasn't quite an East End of London, Cockney type of thing, either. It reminded me of the Beatles. She had a sort of nasal thing going on. Like John.
05.15.2008
I'm going to take this off of my plate and put my energy into these other things for a while. But this isn't a retirement message or anything dramatic like that. I'll definitely be back.
05.06.2008
The memes have been flying all over the place lately. And I got hit in the crossfire. Twice. One in each leg. So here we go, six plus seven, plus one. Random/Weird/Quirky.
04.23.2008
Lately my taste for "short" has dwindled down to one-sentence powerhouses. They're short and sweet, but they really pack a punch. The great thing about these little text candies is they can be consumed in an instant, while you go about your daily routines. The other day, for instance, I was brushing my teeth and came across this little gem.
04.14.2008
A time-tested method for getting your taxes done on time and in order. It might be too late to put these lessons into effect for your 2007 taxes, but it's the perfect time to start thinking about 2008!
03.29.2008
I'm taking a brief, week-long hiatus from this blog and from (almost) everything digital.
03.28.2008
I always hoped I'd be saying this under different circumstances, but ... I am completely in Your hands. And since we're still in the lingering twilight hours of Web 2.0, and user-generated content is apparently all the rage, why don't You leave a comment and at the same time satisfy my narcissistic curiosities by answering the same question I posed to Mat: Is there a difference between the "Blog Me" and the "Live and In Person Me?"
03.19.2008
I didn't even share with her my fantasy of bathing in grits while watching live grit-wrestling on TV.
In Health . . .
03.21.2008
And so I responded as any self-respecting person would: by drinking too much and watching a great movie--twice--before passing out on the floor of our basement. Escapism through film and unconsciousness through alcohol are great American pastimes. And Tuesday I was a Patriot.
11.15.2007
It's pretty much universally accepted that knowledge is power. But I'm here to tell you that's not always true. Knowledge can also leave you a quivering mass of gelatin, on the hardwood of your dining room.
11.14.2007
More heart later. First there is this: Ankylosing Spondylitis.
11.13.2007
But the real question I was asking myself, right, was how did I end up being this person having a cardiac stress test?
05.18.2007
Okay, call me over-reactionary, but I'm throwing away my Centrum as I write this.
01.23.2007
You might hear me make some unpleasant gurgling sounds. You might think I'm choking. But don't let that stop you. Please.
11.07.2006
The data is a little out of date, but it looks like if you're from LA, you might start investing in a new lung now . . .
10.12.2006
So . . . how about them Broncos Monday night! It was so great to watch them play at home at Invesco field in that cold rain. Football always seems to be more fun to watch when it's played in the cold . . . or the rain. And it's even better in the snow.
10.11.2006
Dr. Smith nodded and scribbled something on the back of a piece of paper that was in my file. He held the pen like you might hold a paint brush and made a sort of circular drawing on the page. Then he looked back up at me expectantly.
10.05.2006
The man didn't reply. He walked over to a counter and came back with something in his hand. I began flipping through a mental rolodex of what he might be about to give me. Some kind of injection? A pill . . .
In DC . . .
07.30.2008
Anyway, let me get to the point: all of this is a very long-winded (and, yes, self-indulgent) way of me saying that if you're in DC or NYC you can (and should) catch The Jones at one of these two shows.
11.09.2007
I haven't been to the Childe in several months. I miss it. And I know DC will feel a dent in its landscape as places like this are supplanted by chain retail and fast food sprouting up along Connecticut Ave in Dupont at an alarming rate. But the Childe will still play a vital part of numerous people's personal histories, including mine.
05.25.2007
It's that time of year again.
05.18.2007
As I ate, people walked past, and I listened to the strange temporal quality of their footsteps. The way they suddenly came into my aural bubble, and just as suddenly vanished. One moment they were there, in front of me, belonging to that person. These feet on gravel. The next minute they were gone, along with the person who brought them. These footsteps. Now quiet.
04.06.2007
I just got the following 'Alert DC' text message.
01.29.2007
This weekend's rally didn't have any catchy slogan or banner associated with it, and this was good. It was refreshing. It was just a gathering of people protesting the war. Oh, and Jane Fonda was there.
01.08.2007
I guess you have to live at least a mile above sea level to still get winter.
12.27.2006
I'm back home. In DC. We flew in last night. And even though I truly loved seeing friends and family in Dallas, I am very relieved to be back on the east coast again. I feel grounded. I woke to the familiar sounds of car horns and sirens this morning, which kind of gave me a warm fuzzy feeling. And I'm ready to re-train my legs on how to do this thing called walking.
12.08.2006
I'm not a migratory creature. At least not in practice.
11.10.2006
The central irony to living in the District of Columbia is that, while its residents are generally politically-minded and live in the epicenter of the federal government, they have very little voice in national politics.
Comments
Posted by lemmonex on Feb 19, 2008 at 12:16:01 PM
Posted by rothko on Feb 19, 2008 at 7:41:48 PM
Odd, but probably not fatal, eh?
As for gray hair, since I let mine grow in (talking about my head hair, died auburn for 30 years until a couple of years ago), anyway, ever since I let the true color grow in, I get complimented on it almost every day.
Gray power! I'm sayin' it!
Posted by Reya Mellicker on Feb 21, 2008 at 8:26:00 AM
By the way, all this talk about that color made me wonder about the whole "grey" vs. "gray" thing, which I've probably investigated a dozen times, but always forget. So if anybody's interested: Google Answers.
Posted by rothko on Feb 21, 2008 at 8:44:09 AM
Posted by Big Red on Feb 21, 2008 at 1:23:14 PM