Category Archives: Guest Blogging

I saw this on MSNBC. In summary: Hood College is reviewing its homecoming rules after a lesbian, Jennifer Jones, was crowned king. She received 64 of 169 votes cast. There are 2100 students at the western Maryland school some of … Continue reading →

Two things of note for us paranoids… First off… CYA FYI: I’m not sure that this isn’t an Urban Legend. This article says that a couple in Rhode Island recently paid 6K on their credit card bill. It raised a … Continue reading →

I’ve often remarked that the North American dialect of English (i.e. “American”, or “Canadian”, depending on which side of the 49°N parallel you find yourself on) is a particularly euphemistic one. If language reflects culture and hence the psyche of … Continue reading →

April Tinsley, Sarah Jean Bowker and LaKia Lasha Dixie Three names that probably mean nothing to anyone who lives out side of the Fort Wayne Indiana area. Even if you live here and grew up here you may not remember … Continue reading →

I continue to learn new vocabulary at a remarkable rate. Word of the Day: “Boomstick”. The context (and I may not be remembering it entirely accurately here) was, “Have you ever had a conversation where you turned your head for … Continue reading →

Anger will settle in your stomach and chew at your soul unless you find a constructive way to release it. A wise person told me that. I remember it because of the stomach problems I had when working a terribly … Continue reading →

There is a certain skill to eating an American dinner without wrecking both your health and your pants. I had quarter a homemade pickle and a whole potato worth (it felt like more) of hand-cut fries for dinner. After that … Continue reading →

This all started with me thinking, “A Gryffindor scarf would be just the thing this winter!” – even if it would have clashed magnificently with my flaming hai – I mean, every coat I own. So I got online. And … Continue reading →

…is in Spencer, Indiana. From the Washington Post: SPENCER, Ind. — A tiny parcel of land in southwest Indiana is some of the priciest real estate in the world. Owen County officials are trying to sell a 1-square-inch plot of … Continue reading →

I may have finally reached the financial status of being able to afford a 3-hole paper puncher. This does not please me. I file papers like a maniac, and in all these years of maniacal-filing, there has been nothing more … Continue reading →

This week’s technology question: Everytime I watch a television program or a film that involved the use of image processing, I would think that they had meant to say “perform magic!” instead of the mundane “enhance that part of the … Continue reading →

So, I find myself offered a spot guest blogging. I debated the pros and cons and decided what the heck, I have to stay up all night anyway so why not? Let me first say that I really struggled as … Continue reading →

Stay tuned, people. I have a new guestblogger making an appearance soon. No idea what they are going to talk about, I never ask ahead of time. You’ll just have to find out. My first and second guests were great … Continue reading →

Disclaimer: my grasp of both the Chinese and English languages, as you will soon realised, is not something that I’m proud of. I’m sure it will make a suitable case study material of How Not To Do It in a … Continue reading →