Ok, so Maryann and I bought a used washer/dryer set from a realtor when we moved into the Duval house last August. They work perfectly fine, washing and drying clothing of all sorts with ease—the washer occasionally leaks a bit, but run it a cycle and it’s fine. Besides, they were $60 each. They paid [...]
I added a page to the Peace Corps section of my site with my contact info for the first two months. I think it would be kinda cool if y’all would send me (family-friendly) postcards from wherever you are in the U.S.—I think my host family would enjoy seeing, uh, well, ugly American landmarks? At [...]
My parents’ friends—mostly members of their Mardi Gras Krewe—had a fishfry at our house tonight, partly as a going-away party and partly just as an excuse to get together, drink beer, and eat good food. It was lots of fun, though exhausting to keep smiling and pretending that I know how I’m feeling, beyond “nervous” [...]
My parents held out against getting cable on basic principle—TV’s crap, who needs 60 channels much less 600, TV’s crap, etc—for the entirety of my youth, depriving me of MTV, Nickelodeon, and all the other requisites of a normal, happy, TV-saturated childhood. I had to survive on PBS programming and Full House reruns. Well, our [...]
From the Weekly World News, bleeding edge of investigative journalism: POO LA LA! MAN SPEAKS FRENCH OUT OF HIS BUTT – And he can’t understand a word! … According to medical records, [Jason Jablonski] was awakened one night last January in his bedroom by a strange voice that seemed to be coming from under his [...]
The long-delayed update on my and Steven’s trip to California with his family: Here’s Dennis, Intrepid Adventurer, in front of the I-10 mileage sign that I’d been meaning to stop and snap a picture of for five years now, every time I made the drive from Baton Rouge to Austin. I consider it a reassuring [...]