i spy with my little eye...

the sun! :D

spidiots

we receive this email from an online idiot:

Dear Friend,              

My name is Mr. Andy Chang, I trained and work as an external auditor for the MayBank Malaysia.A late investor who bears the same last name with you has left (USD 10M)with Our Bank for the past Eight years and no next of kin has come forward all these years.

Please get back with your full name, date of birth, telephone number and fax number on my private EMAIL(andy.chang28@yahoo.com.my)

Best Regards.

Andy Chang

i am sorely tempted to reply:

Mr Chang

whatever possesses you to think i would be interested?

this bears repetition: spidiocy [f. eng SPAM + IDIOCY] ranks right up there with the most execrable of online offenses. 

rain, rain, go away

overstaying its welcome, is what it is.

the agony & the ecstasy

what i'm reading this week:

unnatural causes - p d james

the seven dials mystery - agatha christie

ethics - bonhoeffer

dog day

Dog has what i can only euphemistically call a colonic malfunction on our persian rug. he has it on two separate spots.

all i can say is, it certainly puts his gastric malfunction on the floor tiles entirely into perspective.

if the clean-up works i am going to be a fan of oxy stain and odor remover™ for life.

olfaction

if you ask me, there are two smells a home-owner would do well to learn to recognize:

• the smell of a rotten egg, and
• that of a dead rat in the attic.

alphabet soup

syria, libya

qaddafi, mubarak

am i the only getting mixed up?

west river

we're back from church retreat.

all i say is, in a minimal-expectations brain-on-vacation forgiveness-mandated set up, a speaker who is able to keep time stay focussed and be relevant is an especially desirable commodity. in fact i will stick my neck out and say that anything less is a waste of people's time, whether they appear to mind or not.

the views were great and the food was good.

me cuppa

regular exclusive blend. hazelnut flavored. chocolate orange. decaf. sugar. equal. neither. milk. half & half. creamer. vanilla. macadamia nuts. peanuts? plastic stirrer. wooden sticks. s. m. l. lids.

welcome to your caffeine beverage station, previously known as the coffee pot.

september

J2 comes home with the beginning-of-school-year pack. i write out a small fortune in checks to the ptsa the graduation party the class dues and the fashion apparel. i volunteer to proctor exams. i sign my consent and my assent. i register health and address and contact information. i mumble continuously about unnecessary frivolity and frills.

my daughter is a rising senior. this is my last year doing this. the bittersweet starts now.