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The YouTube Award winners were announced a week or so ago. The winner in their "Adorable" category, "Laughing Baby," was... (More...)
The YouTube Award winners were announced a week or so ago. The winner in their "Adorable" category, "Laughing Baby," was... (More...)
A few years ago, I posted an entry asking for good news. The resulting comments were great, and very much... (More...)
Read any good books lately? Seen any good movies? Enjoyed any good symphonies or songs? Seen any nice paintings or... (More...)
Yesterday, I asked that y'all do something nice for someone this week. Today, I have another birthday wish: do something... (More...)
It occurred to me the other day that the warranty on my nose and throat are probably about to run... (More...)
Here's what I would like as a birthday present, from as many of you as are willing to participate: Be... (More...)
I hereby declare this week to be my birthday week. See last year's birthday week entry for more thoughts about... (More...)
Eighteen days from now, I'll be turning forty. I normally like having birthdays, but I haven't been looking forward to... (More...)
Today is my brother's birthday; for the next month, until I catch up, he gets to be only a year... (More...)
Today is Mary Anne's birthday. Y'all should stop by her latest journal entry, where she asks readers to "Tell [her]... (More...)
Lots of birthdays this time of year. Today, for example, is Lola's birthday. Happy birthday, Lola! In the past couple... (More...)
Mary Anne's sister Mirna just called to let me know that Mary Anne and Kevin's baby, Kavya, was born at... (More...)
Yesterday was Sally C's birthday, and it would've been L. Frank Baum's. It also would have been Alex's 39th. I... (More...)
Thank you to all who posted comments and/or sent email and/or e-cards. It was a good day, made even better... (More...)
I'm now 39. Yay. Tuesday featured a bunch more good stuff. Thank you for all the birthday wishes in journal... (More...)
Wednesday will be my birthday. As I've noted now and then in the past, birthdays are important to me, though... (More...)
On my way to bed, I checked my calendar for tomorrow/Friday, and discovered that it would've been Theodor Seuss Geisel's... (More...)
Happy birthday to my brother Jay! As usual this time of year, he gets to be only one year younger... (More...)
In an effort to avoid editing, I wrote two long philosophical-musing-type journal entries tonight, both of which I've been meaning... (More...)
Yesterday was my grandmother's 99th birthday. Happy birthday, Grandma! I didn't end up calling her, but I'll be going up... (More...)
I believe this is clue #10 in the Great Birthday Treasure Hunt Extravaganza. As you know, Bob, Tim Pratt's works... (More...)
Sorry so out of touch lately. I have dozens of things I want to post about, as always, but somehow... (More...)
Earlier in the week, we had Gandhi's birthday on Monday, then Melissa S's on Tuesday, then Jim M's on Wednesday.... (More...)
More and more, lately, it seems like I have both happy and sad things to post about on the same... (More...)
Belated happy Father's Day to all y'all fathers! I hope you had a splendid day. My day was okay. Slow... (More...)
Belated happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers reading this! I'm always impressed by y'all. And, more generally, yay... (More...)
It's now my birthday. Yay. Birthdays in general are a fairly big deal for me; like having one's own personal... (More...)
I've been falling down in my self-appointed task of calling attention to people's birthdays. And I don't have time now... (More...)
Today would have been my father's 66th birthday. It's also the 25th anniversary of my mother's death. I'm staying home... (More...)
Somehow everything I've thought about posting lately seems simultaneously too trivial to be worth posting about and too big and... (More...)
Happy birthdays this week to Gandhi, Melissa S, Jim M, Damon Runyon, David M, Arthur H, and Sigourney Weaver. Happy... (More...)
Long and tiring day today, mostly spent couch-shopping. The saleswoman at Ethan Allen continued to be clever; for example, as... (More...)
Some good things that've happened recently: Had lunch with Susan G, whom I hadn't seen in much too long. Had... (More...)
Mary Anne mentioned that yesterday was her and Kevin's thirteenth anniversary (happy anniversary!) (see also her note from last year... (More...)
Today was several birthdays: L. Frank Baum would've been 139; I meant to try to get in touch with Sally C., but... (More...)
Assorted good stuff today (by which I mean Friday, though posted a little too late for "today" to be officially... (More...)
Today is the 22nd anniversary of my mother's death. Also my father's birthday. And my friend Mikala's; funny, someone just... (More...)
Today is Ray Bradbury's 82nd birthday. It would also have been Dorothy Parker's 109th, were she still alive. I continue... (More...)
It is now Mary Anne's birthday, in the location where she now resides. It has been her birthday for a... (More...)
Somehow the subject of anniversaries (of all sorts) has been coming up a lot lately. For example, July 4th (although... (More...)
And one more thing: today (more or less) marks 18 months since Strange Horizons launched. Go us! (It's also my... (More...)
I'm not sure whether it's a notable coincidence or not that Mary Anne's mother's birthday, Jenn's mother's birthday, and my... (More...)