Has anyone else noticed that there are two Halloweens, one for the kids and one for the adults?This is the only holiday I can think of with a split personality.

Thanksgiving is eating with the family; St. Patty’s Day is drinking with your Irish or Irish for a Day friends; Valentines … [ more ]

My brother moved out of his apartment and brought his stuff home to my mom’s house for a month while he went through settlement on his new townhouse. My mom in the meantime had contractors in the house working on redoing the laundry room.

When we moved most … [ more ]

My one regret is that it didn’t come through DC for Selena and I to score free tickets, and then be able to do a comprible comparison to the Earth, Wind and Fire tribute Hot Feet. I do expect this show is worse, but it’s hard to be … [ more ]

Bad guys watch your thighs. In less than 12 weeks, Jack Bauer returns from being MIATankerToChina and will get all sorts of “diplomatic” on the Chinese, or is it the terrorists or is it corrupt politicians under the other President Palmer.

The show that is ranked in the #1 … [ more ]

What do the movies “Showgirls”, “Center Stage” and “Zoolander” have in common?

They all appear in EW.com’s list of Bad Meaning Good movies – critical duds that we secretly love, a list that practically doubles as Selena’s favorite movies to watch ever ever.

The only reason’s this … [ more ]

Selena called asking about some plan for a trip next month, and I told her I’d have to talk to her about it tonight. Then I remembered that on TV this evening are new episodes of Prison Break, Heroes and Studio 60. I told her we may … [ more ]

I swear I don’t have a corresponding crochet project to each post, and don’t ask why this project even got made (long story) but…

Greg recently took up Chinese school in an effort to get closer to my family. It is a gesture that has touched the hearts of all of … [ more ]

Greg and I had a very surreal “heated discussion” the other day. It started off as any other evening. Sitting in front of the TV, Greg doing work on his laptop, me working on a crochet project which happened to be this:

In retrospect, I believe Greg would have been the … [ more ]

Before Greg lets you think, poor Greg, he’s always stuck taking out the trash (referencing stinky chicken blog post), I would like to point out what I took out on Monday, sorted by recycleables.

In Greg’s world: bottles, cans, cardboard, newspapers, white paper = (respectively) “out of beer”, “done cooking”, dead … [ more ]

Yesterday was the big race, the Army Ten Miler.

First, here’s a quick recap of my running, since that last post about needing iPod support. Four weeks ago I had the distance break-through, successfully making the jump from the 2-3 mile range to a good five … [ more ]