Category: Miscellaneous

So if you’ve been following me for a while you know I live in Baltimore City and that there’s a rat problem in the neighborhood. It’s a city. It happens. I don’t want to use poison or lethal traps on the rats (partly because that will never do any good unless everyone on the street [...]

I went into the break room to get a soda to have with lunch. Normally I get a Pepsi but today I figured a Coke would be a nice change. It’s a buck twenty-five from the vending machine. I had two dollars. Miraculously the machine took both bills without complaint. I pressed the button. A [...]

I was checking out some true crime books on Amazon and noticed a disturbing trend in the reviews…. there are a lot of people out there who rated books lower than they might have because of the use of British slang and terminology. “The language was a little too British for me so I took [...]

Over the weekend I taught myself “Twinkle Twinkle” on the violin. It’s not yet perfect, but considering it involves several changes on the A string and I don’t instinctively know where the notes are yet (I haven’t had any actual lessons in things like “where the fingers go”), it’s fantastic. The “How I wonder what [...]

What American accent do you have? Created by Xavier on Memegen.net Mid-Atlantic. This is what everyone calls a Philadelphia accent although it’s also the accent of south Jersey, Baltimore, and Wilmington. Well, everyone that lives near there, that is. Outsiders can tell you talk differently from them even though they can’t tell what your accent [...]

I walked to work today. Uphill. In the snow. Get off my lawn.

I checked in on Foursquare today. It told me who the mayor of that particular location was. I thought about it, and wondered if it was really the kind of place someone would want to claim ownership of. Not really, but I suppose nowhere really is. I am the mayor of my home! Well, I [...]

This morning: Bitter cold. Put on heavy jacket and scarf. Walked the dog and came home freezing. Thought to myself “might be time to switch to the greatcoat” because my legs were really cold. So while the dog had breakfast I got the coat out of the basement. About fifteen minutes later, when it came [...]

Hello, and welcome to the end of August! The title of this entry means nothing. Well, it means I’m not the king of anything, which is probably obvious. Mim’s birthday is tomorrow. She’ll be 65 years old and to celebrate we’re going to do one of the local Ghost Walks on Saturday. I’m hoping I’ll [...]