Tales from FAR Manor

45 cents my foot... more like 55 cents. My cellphone camera is somewhat not so very good at distance shots; that's $3.12 for regular on ...

Current music: Kate Ryan - Scream for More (Club Dub) We all gathered 'round and ate supper last night, everyone but Lobster — something...

The perfect storm: plenty of rain, running the dishwasher & clothes washer, and a toilet with a stuck-open flapper. The bathroom with th...

FAR Manor is far enough from Katrina that we're only getting a little taste of it. Having had to drive home through nearly blinding rain...

So Big V asks to come over today and talk to The Boy and his girlfriend. Fine, we say, just no raised voices. So she comes by with itemized ...

Pucker up!

Current music: Groove Salad I guess I could “blame” my online friend White Trash Poet for this. Like WTP, I wrote a lot of poetry when I wa...

The Boy came back last night. The half-empty nest has gone back to being a little crowded. Events precipitating his return were just a littl...

Something must have really went BOOM with Lobster. He and his dad got into a gen-yoo-wine fight, and Lobster packed up and came back here. ...

So now Ayatollah Pat Robertson has apologized for his remarks about having President Hugo Chavez assassinated. Good. He really should get u...

Current Music: DJ Lithium You kann haff zee paperz, und zee paperz kann be in ordaire, und ve vill bust you anyvay . Ja wohl! OK, if you sus...

Current Music: BeatBlender After a rather unpleasant episode Friday, The Boy and his aunt (whom we shall call “Big V” here on the blog) sort...

Current music: Aura - Orbit Revival Daughter Dearest had a pool party today, put on by her chorus teacher. Parents were invited too, so I g...

My father-in-law bought a DVD of “The Aviator” and we gave it a watch last weekend. I'll admit having no clue what the movie was about g...

It's been mostly a pretty good year for the herb garden, what with all the rain. I'm partly color-blind, so I'm not sure what to...

Current music: BassDrive A few more or less related news items and personal notes about today's and tomorrow's computers.... Well, t...

...and the lawn won. Never had a stump do that to a lawn mower blade before. Wife is taking it to an old farmer down the road a ways; if he ...

Current music: Groove Salad They ( who's they? You know, “them”! ) say to never upgrade your computer when you have a deadline. Hey, I u...

The nest got a little emptier today. Lobster, for primarily economic reasons, has decided to move back home and try to get along with his mo...

Current Music: Music One RenaRF , one of my C&J pals, has put down the cigarettes and is sharing the experience with the rest of us. Goo...