Monthly Archives: November 2006

Unlike many, over the past hours, we haven’t been braving the malls, the superstores, the bargain stores, the anything. We went to the park. But just in case you’ve been getting into the Holiday spirit; decking the halls; and bodyslamming fellow shoppers for Nintendos, Elmos, or parking spots; why not stop. Take a few moments, [...]

As I read the entire Internet this past weekend, I found a few things that really stuck out to me. Stuck in my mind. You might say they were mindstickers. You’ll see what I mean.———-For starters, there are many reasons that I wish I would have been in advertising back in the 1960s. Here’s one. [...]

Being that this is Pie Month, I’ve not actually initiated all that many pie recipes at the Queso. So to catch up, here you go. The recipes below are definitely retro, but you can’t get them on Amazon. They’re all from a very small town’s legendary church cookbook. And that is a very good thing, [...]

Public to Choose the New Seven Wonders of the World GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) — A global competition to name the new seven wonders of the world is attracting widespread interest, with more than 20 million people voting so far, organizers say. Candidates for the new list have been narrowed down to 21, including the Eiffel [...]

There’s something to be said about waiting. Honestly. I know most of us are not good at it. At all. We want what we want when we want it and we want it now. Somehow the Hurricane has recently realized that this is the way of the world today. Magically and overnight, he’s become hip [...]

Hi. First of all, we’re incredibly excited that our Dynamo won the MLS championship last night. It was quite a game. So a giant congrats go out to our favorite team! ———- Secondly, I like nice blogs. I always have. I try to always make sure this too is a nice blog. And by nice, [...]

It’s my last day over at Design Mom’s place. And it’s been really fun. But two posts a day. Wow. I don’t see how these JLoHighProGlo or NaBloPoMo or whatever people are doing this. So while this has been a fantastic week in so many ways, I sure am happy it’s Friday. And that’s what [...]

As you know, around here, we have a pretty strict policy that we don’t even mention things holly or jolly until after Thanksgiving. But since I realized yesterday that Thanksgiving is only 15, now 14, days away, that means Christmas is only 45 days away. Which means Holiday cards will start going out in about [...]