Earlier this evening I received a text from the little girl, asking if she could babysit me tomorrow – I love getting texts like this one – of course I said “Yes!”. [twice now, two weeks in a row] She. Is. The. Best. GranPaBrian-Sitter.
Archives for October 2015
Middle of my final semester at Saint Thomas
It’s now the middle of my final semester. Just six more class sessions to go, then the final exam – there is no mid-term exam. i was just looking at my “grade history”, and noticed two different and distinct patterns: It seems I always receive “A”s in my Fall semesters, and “B”s in my Spring […]
Marlboro Brand now being used for marijuana cigarettes
“Branding” of Marijuana Cigarettes (opens in a new window) Way, way back when I was a clueless 6th grader (around 1970/71), I read a ‘science fiction’ short story/book). It was about a group of people (“hippies”) living during “caveman” times, and they were talking about the invention of various things, one example being “art”, with […]
Sad story in newspaper today
Sad story follows, sorry. I was in line today at the grocery store, and it was taking a bit longer than usual, so I picked up the nearby newspaper from the rack, and was glancing at the front page news. Saw the sad headline of a 24 yr old mom (in STP), coming home after […]
Re-Reading “The Girl…Dragon Tattoo”, part 2
Hmm, an update to my Stieg Larsson (“The girl with the dragon tattoo”) book reading. If you remember, I had already read the first two books around 4-5 yrs ago. Got a bit burned out after reading them back to back, and never went back to the final book of the trilogy. This was where […]
