We’re getting a tax refund this year, plus I’m getting a bonus from my employer. So, I naturally have started spending some of this money before it’s even arrived! I’ve been on a buying spree the p...

Yahoo! News - Republican Sen. Campbell Won’t Seek Re-Election - Good news!

## Ulli’s Roy Orbison in Cling-film site - A former coworker named Tim Holt (Team Fortress name: Waldo) sent me this link. I laughed out loud at the first of the stories. Hilarious!

## Oh, and did I mention that Beth and I went to see Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World last weekend? It was entertaining, but neither of us felt it was worthy of an Academy Award. I ...

## I’m at home tonight, getting lots done at my desk. I know it’s boring to sit at a desk on a Friday night, but I’ve been negligent on paying bills and dealing with emails from family and friends...

## I went to the doctor this morning. You see, I have high cholesterol. I’ve been taking medicine the past couple years to reduce my cholesterol level, but my last blood test showed that it’s elev...

## Yahoo! News - Laura Bush Says Gay Marriage ‘Shocking’ - Shocking, just utterly shocking. I liked Laura Bush’s quote, “I think people ought to have that opportunity to debate it, to think abou...

## Kakushi toride no san akunin (1958) - I TiVo’d “The Hidden Fortress”, which is a Japanese film from 1958 by the famous director Akira Kurosawa. I finally finished watching the thing last night....

## Casa Playa del Caribe, vacation rental house, South Akumal, Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico, LocoGringo.Com - Here’s where we’re spending the week of Thanksgiving this year. Thanks, Mom!

## Words on the Left - Every heard of the Blue Man Group? I think they had something to do with this.