Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I’m gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust…
… in the immortal words of Queen. And then there were nine. I was in the middle of something when it came on, and I forgot to [...]

Somebody sent me this link earlier, and it sent me into a fit of giggling…
http://www.spatch.net/cattown/
I’m sure I’ll get over it soon, but man, it’s a hoot!

When I moved out of my apartment in January, I had to toss out a gigantic heap of stuff. It was ridiculous to think the hoarding could continue apace without reaching critical mass, i.e. fire hazard proportions. After all, the apartment was 565 sq. ft!

That didn’t seem to deter me while I was living there; I made quite good use of the space. I kept theatre programs, playbills, museum maps, postcards, in-flight magazines, correspondence, all my university textbooks (didn’t re-sell a single one) and custom courseware, obsolete foreign currency (Dutch guilders, deutschemarks, Irish punts, etc.), thousands of photographs, CDs in languages I don’t speak, concert tickets, all my credit card receipts for the past five years, software installation disks, assorted cables, filters, hardware manuals, maps and mapbooks, all the greeting cards I’ve managed to hold onto in my many moves (birthdays, thanks, congratulations, Christmas, announcements), files of old CVs, Canadian citizenship papers, charity fundraisers I’ve been involved with, car repairs, all the university papers and lecture notes I’ve ever written, business cards from people I haven’t seen in over a decade, the list is endless…

Thanks to Kim for sending along this link to Leonard Nimoy’s photography site.

http://www.leonardnimoyphotography.com

I had no idea Leonard Nimoy was into photography. But then, I also didn’t know he derived his trademark Vulcan salute and pinch from the Jewish religion — I didn’t even know he was Jewish! He was even in “Fiddler on the Roof”! Who am I kidding? I don’t know Leonard Nimoy at all! (What would I do without IMDB.com?)

I had a craving for some Greek food today, but could we find any??? No. I didn’t hold out much hope, since it’s Easter Sunday, but we gave it a try. Apparently, though, there’s only ONE Greek restaurant listed in Scranton, but we couldn’t get through on the phone. When we drove past the address, it wasn’t there! I always thought of Greek restaurants as fairly ubiquitous, like Chinese (OK, fast food, Westernised Chinese), but I suppose that doesn’t apply here. I was ready to drive half an hour to Wilkes-Barre for some moussaka, but when we phoned, nobody answered there, either!

So, I’m like Hugh in this photo — I can picture the food, but it’s out of reach. (Click on the pic for comments.)

The three of us did, however, stuff ourselves silly at Jim Dandy’s down the road. No one starved, including Hugh. Our regular Sunday Scrabble game followed, during which I got a surprise phone call from my cousin in Vancouver, who incidentally was hosting my old Scrabble cronies (her mom and our aunts) for Easter dinner.

Good Friday at Grand Central Station
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David hasn’t been my guest writer since last November, so I thought Friday was a good day as any to invite him back for another post. My Yiddish just isn’t good enough yet.
Good Friday? Great Friday!
It caught me by surprise, [...]

On the drive to Philadelphia last Saturday, I noticed some white hairs on the right side of my head. I pulled a few out, a few more, then stopped when I saw this pile grow. If this is any indication of how much white hair I’ve got on my head, I’ll have enough to make [...]

Anybody who’s ever watched “Amateur Night at the Apollo”, a Harlem institution since 1934, can’t watch American Idol and feel too sorry for the contestants. The audience members at the Apollo Theatre are famous for booing the acts they don’t like in 10 bars or less, sending the weak-kneed performers into panic mode, then drowning them out altogether with a chorus of disapproval. At least Simon sits through the whole performance, even if it’s obvious he’s in aural distress.

Apple Announces 50" PowerBook! Uploaded by gailontheweb.
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(Speaking of oversized, my American Idol post is forthcoming.)
EDIT 9:01: As soon as I blogged this, Flickr went down for maintenance. What? No massage?EDIT 9:52: Ah, back to the massage. Hmmm, “… non-invasive” — good.EDIT [...]

If you ever wonder what I’m doing when I’m not writing here, wonder no more. It’s true…
http://gail.ishavingamassage.com
No, I didn’t register a new domain. Besides, it’s already taken… See here for explanation.
Looks like someone is having a little Flickr-style fun. (When Flickr servers shut down for maintenance, this is what the page says, except with the [...]