Help me obi-wan

This, for some reason, gives me hope. From a mailing list I participate in: In the Basque Country the peace is not very common and very often we are threatened by terrorism. In my town there have been a very nice initiative. More than one hundred giant plastic doves have been painted by the students […]

Somewhere between watching paint dry and golf

I watched the ball game last night. Which game? The longest playoff game ever. I didn’t even start watching until the ninth inning. And it went on. And my son did his homework. And it was still on. And I gave three (3!) baths to 3 slimy kids. It was still on! I sent everyone […]

Paint by numbers

Hello. How are you? How’s your weekend? Mine’s been… interesting. And it’s only half over. What’s that? Why am I posting an entry at 11:00 on a Saturday night? Well, it’s a long story, but to sum up, I’ll do it by numbers: 4 – number of family members having a birthday in the past […]