Daily Archives: November 17, 2003

Blogosphere Explosion Continues

I thought Technorati was acting a bit pokey.   It says Dowbrigade hasn’t been updated in 5 days 16 hours and 45 minutes. I was beginning to wonder if my memories of the past five days were some sort of … Continue reading

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He Forgot to Grease her Down….

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Perhaps Santa should carry a disclaimer: "Don’t try this at home." It might have saved an Albuquerque teen from a lot of embarrassment. The teenage girl, 15, got lodged in a chimney trying to get into a … Continue reading

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Free-range Happy Turkeys Something to Celebrate

Look a little nervous, don’t they? Who can blame them? Perhaps the least we can do is make sure their short lives are enjoyable and stress-free… Free-range turkeys make up only a small percentage of the nation’s overall production of … Continue reading

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Please Don’t Tell My Wife

Don’t tell Norma Yvonne, but I am falling in love with a Brazilian model. No, not one of my students, even worse, a girl I met on-line. Her name is Kaya. Fortunatly, or unfortunately as the case may be (I’m a … Continue reading

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Soaring Rents Promote Extended Families

One of the inevitable results of globalization, porous borders and the revolution in transportation is, if not a homogeniazation then at least a frothy interweaving of cultures. On one hand the wealthy begin to look more and more alike as … Continue reading

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