The Scattered Thoughts of Me

"We talk about the tyranny of words, but we like to tyrannise over them too; we are fond of having a large superfluous establishment of words to wait upon us in great occasions; we think it looks important, and sounds well."

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Pictures Posted

Not that anyone reads this, because why read a blog I never update? But I put some new pictures on my flickr page. Some are from a soccer ...

Saturday, November 10, 2007

French Chocolate Is Good

I went to France last week on a business trip. I'm glad to report that it wasn't all business though! I had a fun time in Paris an...

Monday, June 18, 2007

Azerbaijani Coke Is Not Good

The kebab shop where we normally get lunch on Mondays always has its soft drinks imported from the strangest places. The Coca Cola we’d be...

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Almost June?

Yesterday was four days before the first of June. The high temperature yesterday (according to my thermometer) didn't get above 45 degr...

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Twenty-eight Answers to Seven Questions

I don’t normally do these things, but since Greta (one of my long-time heroes) tagged me, I will respond to her tag this time. But for my ...

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Nerd

A long time ago, I read something about how to know if you're a really big nerd. The funniest one was that if you snicker at people whe...

Saturday, March 31, 2007

Vacation

I got back from a little vacation on Thursday. If you want to see a few pictures I've posted on my Flickr action, you can click here . ...

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Little Late in Coming

Did I forget to post this? Oops!! Well, here it is now... retroactive to late November. I'm going to be taking a break from blogging f...

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Quite Possibly the Funniest Joke Ever

Q : What do they call English Muffins in England? A : Muffins. As an added bonus, I've also posted a few more pictures from the area, in...

Monday, October 30, 2006

Big Trip

Hey, that's Big Ben! If you've ever wondered what I'd look like pondering the deepest questions of like while standing near the ...

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Where am I?

A one-question quiz: Q: Where am I? (a) England (b) 30 minutes by train from London (c) Redhill (d) Surrey (e) All of the above A: (e)

Thursday, July 20, 2006

My Water Heater and I

If I were forced at gunpoint to rate the performance of my water heater over the last two years, I would give it a 3 out of 10. It earned 2 ...

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Car Trouble

My car broke down yesterday. The guy who drove the tow truck said that it was a hose. That explanation makes sense to me. I was driving alon...

Friday, June 23, 2006

Five Points

I am excited to officially welcome into the group of "faithful readers" a long-time hero of mine in Mexico. Welcome, Greta! One of...

Monday, June 19, 2006

Getting Old

I have many vague memories. Here's one of them. When my brothers and I were kids, we were eating at Taco Bell, and my little brother wen...

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