Comments for Flabby Brain

Comment on Jeannette McCurdy’s Funeral by Natalie

Natalie — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:49:23 +0000

Well, that beats the funeral I was forced to organize for a giant wood roach that I killed in the garage last year in the presence of my girls.

Comment on Jeannette McCurdy’s Funeral by flabbybrain

flabbybrain — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:02:35 +0000

Why am I suddenly thinking of Yorkies?

Comment on Jeannette McCurdy’s Funeral by Karen

Karen — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:32:07 +0000

Miserere Dominus, miserere Dominus, Serpens mortuus est.

Comment on Long Live The King by flabbybrain

flabbybrain — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:44:01 +0000

Nah, but I think that’s a Texas State Fair thing anyway. I really wanted to try fried peaches & cream last time. Maybe this year!

Comment on Long Live The King by Karen

Karen — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:10:43 +0000

Did you fry the sandwiches? Perhaps that’s the key to their “greatness.”

Comment on Pearls Before Commuters by flabbybrain

flabbybrain — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:39:54 +0000

Thanks for commenting and sharing the busking blog, Michelle!

Comment on Pearls Before Commuters by Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:40:08 +0000

Interesting point about people being too shy to stand next to a street performer. I guess some people probably feel this way. Others might feel safer standing next to a subway performer when they have to wait for the train on a deserted subway platform.
I tried to find something about people’s reactions to subway musicians on line and I came across this blog of a musician in the New York City subway who tells what happens when she plays the musical saw in the subway: http://www.subwaymusicblog.com

Comment on The Mysterious Benedict Society by J-Ma

J-Ma — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:56:32 +0000

As a mentor at a local elementary school, I wish all parents/guardians were required to read to their kids every night, and try to sound-out the voices as you do. Then, maybe the literacy rate in the USA would go up, hopefully benefiting both us and the world.

Comment on Our Little House by flabbybrain

flabbybrain — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:12:26 +0000

What is it the Marines say? Pain is weakness leaving the body. I try to remember that for the emotional pain too.

I have a crappy memory.

BTW, congrats on the new digs.

Comment on Our Little House by The not-so-big N

The not-so-big N — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:23:39 +0000

Ouch.

The timing of this couldn’t have been more poignant.

Saw my new office today, with all of the clutter and junk finally cleaned out of it; I’ll be able to move in to it on Monday, once the remodeling’s finished. I was pleasantly reminded of my old office back when I was a grad student at the U – somewhat spartan, no windows to distract, just a nice, quiet place to really concentrate on my classes and my research.

And then it hit me – my old office doesn’t exist anymore. They were in the process of remodeling the grad student offices when I graduated; my office was slated for remodeling the week after I left. The place where I spent a good portion of my life for five years is already unrecognizable.

Auld Lang Syne can become auld faster than you think.