Continuing my long-standing tradition of ignoring Facebook memes in favor of posting them here, today I present: The States To Which Uncle Crappy Has Traveled. That’s the same map that’s been popping up all over Facebook in the last few days, courtesy of Defocus Blog. Here’s the key, based on the specs of the creator:… Read More 10. i get around.
Visitors make life unpleasant for Miles, who is completely relaxed with us but pretty high-strung around nearly anyone else. He knows my parents, which helps. Some. But it took him much of the evening to decide it was OK to come up out of the basement, and even then he wouldn’t join me on the… Read More 9. the best gift ever.
I tend to do pretty well for my birthday dinners. Even when they are a month late. My folks are here this weekend, in part to take in the Carnegie International and in part to celebrate my birthday, which, uh, yeah, was a month ago. As it usually does, that involves a nice dinner out.… Read More 8. dished.
I’ll be able to expound upon this in greater detail later this month — like, say, in about a week — but I do need to say that tonight was an exceptionally odd night at Piper’s. But we got to see Cindy — a rare and wonderful occurrence — and Mrs. Crappy took me to… Read More 7. #asistradition
I knew that getting through a 10-mile run would result in some, uh, discomfort for a few days after. But i had no idea about the full range of reactions my body would put me through in the days following Sunday’s jaunt. Pain. Well sure, this one is obvious. And as I said on Sunday,… Read More 6. picture of health.
Everything I wrote yesterday about the perverse joy of working on election night is true. But let’s be clear about something: I really like election night pizza.
Uncle Crappy 