I’m sure this has been done to death elsewhere, but what the heck. It hasn’t been done by me. Now that there have been three X-Men movies, with a slew of prequels on the way, and now that the second...
As a person who loves the arts, I find that I tend to swing back and forth between my verbal and more visual/non-verbal ways of thinking. I've always felt that there are times that words are my more natural expression,...
Well, everything's in the truck. Everyone has come to say their goodbyes. Tomorrow - the beginning. We love you, St. Louis people. We'll put up a link to the Gordons in Savannah when we get there......
Got home late last night from Chicago in desperate need of something to post today. This is back at the St. Louis Cinco de Mayo festival. A popular taqueria was selling its wares out front on the sidewalk....
Pion Coiffé - noun - (French) - [pyon coyffei] = capped** pawn.
**A capped piece is one with which checkmate must be delivered. In this case, a capped pawn (cannot be promoted) must deliver checkmate. In the 16th to 19th centuries, such...
Yesterday was Mother’s Day and while families from all over the nation celebrated moms with brunches, flowers and a multitudes of hugs, RevolutionHealth was busy working with a team of public health officials, maternal health experts and consumer representatives to...
Monday, May 12, 2008The 'Give Me Five' Monday meme is designed to share fun information with each other in a simple short list! Here's how it works. Each week, I will put out a random topic from my list of...
Ok, so it has been a very long time since I've honestly had time to keep up on my laundry, especially the (what I call) "extra" loads, as in towels. I use a bath towel for a few days and...
Take your mom out to see some rock’n'roll tonight! The Black Hollies, Blind Eyes & Bargain Basement at Off Broadway, 18+, 8pm, $7. #
Also tonight at the Feisty Bulldog on the Landing: Pokey LaFarge! Roots music, showtunes, happy hardcore: http://www.myspace.com/pokeylafarge...
I just wanted to touch on a couple small things:
I’m still looking for that perfect theme. But I dig this simple one for now. So, we’ll see how long that takes to drive me insane.
I added both an About page...
After the very busy last few weeks I've had, there are many errands and other tasks such as cleaning that need immediate tending to. Some things just don't wait. I mean, you can run out of toilet paper and pet...
My wife and I are spending Mother's Day weekend visiting our son, U "R" Us, in Chicago. We are enjoying the alpha and omega of the city's culture. Yesterday morning we saw the Edward Hopper show at...
Cinco de Mayo was one of the very few nice evenings we have had this spring. We made it out to the St. Louis downtown Public Library to hear our friend Jeff's Jazz Trio. I forget...
To the Moms across the globe and world wide internet, “Happy Mother’s Day!”
My mom lives about 5 hours from us, so we don’t get to visit too much, but we talk a few times a week and email quite often. ...
Retweeting @GaragePunk Please visit the GaragePunk Store… buy a T-shirt or two! http://127116.spreadshirt.com/us/US/Shop/ #
Reminder! Sunday night at Off Broadway: The Black Hollies, The Blind Eyes and Bargain Basement. Garage/Mod/Rock’n'Roll! 18 & up, 8pm, $7. #
TODAY (as in this afternoon!) at...
Castle - verb - (Latin) - [kăs‘əl] = To move the king in chess from its own square two empty squares to one side and then, in the same move, bring the rook from that side to the square immediately past...
Mitch Rossow of Minneapolis DPB often posts a "moment of zen" picture on Saturday. The reference is to Jon Stewart's The Daily Show on our Comedy Central network. It ends with a short video clip of some bizarre...
Tonight at 2 Cents Plain, downtown STL: The Trip Daddys, Bad Folk, and The Vickroids. 18 & up, 9pm, $6/$8. http://www.myspace.com/2centsplain #
Fri. night on the patio at Atomic Cowboy: Everett Dean w/Miss Jubilee and the Humdingers (jump-jive & rockabilly) 7-11pm,...
The Epic Shenanigans of Adulthood Part III: What We’re Missing
What is it that we have lost? Childhood is a time of emotion, imagination, fun-centered friendships, and awe.
Even though adulthood brings with it physical freedom, childhood has emotional freedom. ...
Fianchetto - noun/verb - (Italian) - [fē‘ən-kĕt‘ō, -chĕt‘ō] = The development in chess of a bishop from its original position to the second square of the adjacent knight’s file; To develop the bishop to the aforementioned position.
Reference: American Heritage Dictionary
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Well, I dont want to steal to much of the thunder from these sites, but if you havent heard about Ben Stein’s presentation of the movie Expelled, it is creating some waves. Probably the largest reaction to it I have...
Dear Friends, I am continually surprised by the God who calls people who are broken so that they will be lifted up and be a reason for others to be lifted up. I am learning my God is a God who...
1. 2. 3. 4. Who knew hair care could be so easy!
pHormulate’s Color Care System is designed specifically for color treated hair. I am a frequent color gal, so I’m sharing my thoughts on this line of hair products.
I tested...
One of the sponsore of last weekend's Cinco de Mayo festival was Energizer Batteries. You know, the Energizer Bunny (it keeps going and going and going...). Their corporate headquarters is here in St. Louis. The company was...
The Urban Roots planting days are today and tomorrow. According to the Downtown St. Louis Residents website, meeting location for tomorrow is at the South sidewalk along Kiener Plaza. Show up at 8 and put in some time...
"The John Quincy Adams"Being unreasonably (but successfully) cock-blocked on your wedding night.In his first annual message to Congress, Adams presented an ambitious program for modernization that included roads, canals, a national university, an astronomical observatory, and other initiatives. He was...
Just seeing how my new Sony DCR-SR62 HDD Cam is doing. I edited this in iMovie on my Mac Mini without any problems. Just had to import them in. This is my first time using it, so it’s kinda basic....
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