Cemetery Gates

January 23 2006

While you were out

My new method for making sure my husband gets his phone messages: tape them to the remote control.

posted by: cemeterygates at January 23, 2006 11:38 | link | comments |

January 18 2006

Solvij speaks

"I figured out why men and woman have separate [public] bathrooms, Mom. It's so there aren't a bunch of peeping toms."

I'm not sure I understand the reasoning, but when I hear "I figured out why . . . Mom" I know it's going to be interesting.

posted by: cemeterygates at January 18, 2006 08:53 | link | comments |

Real life drama

Black Dawn: the Next Pandemic, a Canadian production. The website has great links to all kinds of pandemic information. There is also a fictional blog.

Via Aetiology.

posted by: cemeterygates at January 18, 2006 01:15 | link | comments |

January 14 2006

Proof that

meat is evil.

posted by: cemeterygates at January 14, 2006 17:13 | link | comments |

Small town life

I've been helping a friend go through her husband's belongings (he died last year) . He had several portable urinals from his hospital stays. She decided to put those out with the recycling for pick-up. Thinking about it, though, she was sure that the driver would nab those for himself since they're so useful.

posted by: cemeterygates at January 14, 2006 06:00 | link | comments |

January 13 2006

I'm so sick of

w/r/t. What a stilted, cumbersome, grey phrase. Abbreviating it doesn't make it any less awful.

posted by: cemeterygates at January 13, 2006 20:26 | link | comments |

January 10 2006

Sad, bizarre, and true

Washington state woman smothered by clutter.

"In some areas, clothes and debris were piled 6 feet high," said Police Chief Terry Davenport of the Shelton Police Department. "Officers were having to climb over the top on their hands and knees. In some areas, their heads were touching the ceiling while they were standing on top of piles of debris."

After 10 hours of searching, officers discovered the woman's body. Investigators Friday said she was smothered under the clutter.

posted by: cemeterygates at January 10, 2006 11:09 | link | comments (1) |

January 9 2006

Typo of the day

From a review on a recipe website. "Great sofisticated looking meal to serve . . ."

posted by: cemeterygates at January 09, 2006 16:56 | link | comments (4) |

January 3 2006

The impossible dream

Posted on my local freecycle: Wanted: small quiet lap dog.

posted by: cemeterygates at January 03, 2006 07:37 | link | comments |

Much better New Year's resolutions

than I could come up with.

Resolution #2: I will be charitable to people who use the term "core values," however difficult this may be.

Resolution #3: Notwithstanding Resolution #2 (above), I will redouble my efforts to have the utterance of the phrase "core values" classified as a deadly sin. I believe Himself is with me on this one.

via Nothing New Under The Sun.

posted by: cemeterygates at January 03, 2006 01:27 | link | comments |

Receding waters

We've been fortunate here as a lot of the anticipated weekend rain just didn't hit us. The Eel crested but has now receded to below monitor stage. We had no power for a couple days over the weekend. We were cozy since we have wood heat, our electric water heater also runs off the woodstove, and our range is propane. We also didn't have any damage from the incredible winds that blew on Saturday.

One nice thing about have the power restored is that we no longer have to hear the thrum of hundreds of generators.

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