Feb 2, 2012
Today in the mail I got a letter from an insurance saleswoman wanting to celebrate with me, or something like that, when the new member of my family arrived. And she reminded me that this meant I'd ne...
Jan 17, 2012
Just heard some pieces from Newt's speeches calling Obama "The Food Stamp President." Sounds a little like Moses, doesn't it? Feeding the people.. or at least it conjures up the Bird Lady from Mary Po...
Jan 17, 2012
The Republicans are moving might and main to elect Obama again.It's ludicrous -- James Dobson, the head of that Family First or whatever his churchy group is called, called Newt Gingrich's wife a "mis...
Jan 6, 2012
Certain stories keep being repeated, but not others, about Rick Santorum. For instance, the media have been repeating the thing about taking the dead baby home. So? That's not so weird. I wouldn't eve...
Dec 22, 2011
I was having a case of holiday blues, but one major thing that was bugging me is solved. For at least the last 5 years, I'd been sort of a lone straggler invited to my sister's in-laws family house. R...
Dec 10, 2011
I think one shouldn't read the news -- at least not to the extent I do -- because it increases my anger and lately makes me feel the whole world is blighted, blasted and cancered, and I can't trust th...
Dec 6, 2011
There's no end to the injury that Hollywood likes to inflict on Pittsburgh. Every movie made whose setting is supposed to be here perpetuates the image of a small-town city with idiot natives who have...
Dec 4, 2011
Birdie has stopped all screeching, and has become social again, answering with a short chirpy squawk when I say something to him. He improved after I did some snipping of his wingfeathers again. I had...
Nov 26, 2011
My 11 or 12-year-old starling, whose wings are ragged even after clipping, whose talons are turned slightly wrong ways (due to staying on flat ground too much) has been complaining about old age a lot...
Nov 24, 2011
Falls, with a little snowman guy on guardrail rock that someone placed there. He even has hair.Rainbows were everywhere you looked that day, at your feet, over your head, and here's a double one.Here ...
Nov 24, 2011
Snow Pileup.Another view.Horseshoe Falls.Fortunately, I'm not having the problem with loading photos some people are now. These are from back in March. The snow and ice accumulating at the base of the...
Nov 10, 2011
The pain of osteoarthritis in my hands has increased so suddenly I am sure it is related to hormonal changes. It hasn't been a big thing until now. Arthritis does not run in my family and my hands are...
Nov 9, 2011
While the rest of the country has been subjected to the scandal of Herman Cain's harrassment beeswax, here in Pittsburgh it's all been football-at-Penn-State scandals. It has been sucking up the news ...
Aug 18, 2011
Since when did the late River Phoenix join Greasy and adopt a Chinese name?When you click on the avatar it says "file not found."...
Aug 2, 2011
Well, I'll see if this works on Safari. First, two Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry clips, satire on the wonderful American character which has led us to where we are today: Well, seems to work but n...
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