I was vacuuming the car today (I think I’ll let Berck do that from now on, since he’ll have more free time). I pull the car over to the bottom of the stairs of our apartment where, with the extension cord, I can reach both sides of it with the vacuum. I try to do the opposite side as quickly as possible so I’m not blocking the entrance to our parking lot. As I was finishing up on that side, I saw a couple of very excited dogs come down the hill opposite our apartment. One was a Basset Hound…
We each have Amazon wish lists, so check those out. Berck Jonah (BDU pants on sale for $25!) For Joanna: A Camelbak Thick cotton boot socks, black A nice desk chair A bottle brush A music stand A boot jack A cotton baseball cap, preferably unadorned For Berck: Nikon D90 with Nikkor 18-200 VRII lens Settlers of Catan board game A pizza rocker For both: Amazingly, our Amazon wedding registry is still active. As is the one at Cooking.com (Berck is especially keen about knives).
When I got my Motorola Razr several years ago, I was annoyed that there wasn’t an option to buy it without a camera. The camera added a little bit of weight and a slight protrusion on an otherwise very slick telephone. The camera was absolute crap, and generally provided poor results. And the whole idea of a camera phone just seem dumb to me. But in spite of that, I found a took a lot of photos with the crappy camera, simply because I always had it on me. For years, I’d wanted to buy a Minox camera, so I…
Here’s a video of several prisoners who were held in Guantanamo for 3 years during which time they were tortured, interrogated and sexually abused then released. They were never even charged with a crime. There is no excuse for this. This treatment isn’t justified for criminals, much less innocent people. We should be working to make sure this never happens again.
The bacon was very salty but not smokey at all, because, of course, it hadn’t been smoked. It had great flavor. We bet it would make a mean BLT!