Monthly Archives: October 2003

WE’RE BEING INVADED! HELP! MEN FROM MARS! RUN!!

Posted on October 29, 2003 by Marchbanks

A hopeful crowd of grackles followed me as I worked. Continue reading →

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My cars don’t have names any more

Posted on October 28, 2003 by Marchbanks

The last coupla cars I’ve owned haven’t had enough personality for me to learn what their names were.  I miss that. Continue reading →

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:: wheeze hack snuffle sneeze ::

Posted on October 27, 2003 by Marchbanks

Yes, boys and girls, that’s what happens when I get out in the back yard and rake Huge . . . Piles of Leaves, full of dust, pollen, and who-knows-what, without wearing a respirator. Continue reading →

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So The Front blew through

Posted on October 26, 2003 by Marchbanks

leaving the sky overcast, a fair north wind blowing, and temps twenty-some degrees cooler than yesterday, which was unseasonably hot. Continue reading →

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The Call just came

Posted on October 23, 2003 by Marchbanks

The Minions just phoned to offer me a place in their training class for the Empire’s inbound tech support contractors.  Ghods help me, I told ’em yes. Continue reading →

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More sickness (but not mine this time)

Posted on October 22, 2003 by Marchbanks

L is at home today with some kind of gut bug. Continue reading →

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The Infamous Neiman-Marcus Cookie, and how N-M sorta asked for it

Posted on October 21, 2003 by Marchbanks

Oh, yeah.  And the recipe makes REALLY sucky cookies. Continue reading →

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Meanwhile, back at the ranch

Posted on October 20, 2003 by Marchbanks

I have to love someone an awful lot to give them a pound of shelled native pecans. Continue reading →

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A disquisition on the evolution of dustbunnies, and other matters

Posted on October 20, 2003 by Marchbanks

At one point all fifteen volunteers were taking pledges at once. Continue reading →

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Oh, hellfire and damnation

Posted on October 15, 2003 by Marchbanks

That’s one of those antique phrases that no one else seems even to know any longer:  “all hands and the cook.” Continue reading →

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