Posts by dwallace:
DTW’s on Respite
So this week I may be taking a little break, or apnea, breather, breathing space, caesura, downtime, hiatus, interlude, intermission, interval, lacuna, layoff, letup, lull, pause, recess, respite, rest, suspension, take five (days), time off, or time out from writing my blog. I’ve got a lot going on this week and I probably won’t have a lot of time for writing. So if I do get a story in, expect it to be short and sweet.
BTW, need to figure out an alternative word for break or any other word? Here’s a link to http://thesaurus.com/.
Google’s Daily Logo
Today is Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday. Who is he, you may ask? He wrote stories and fairy tales 200 years ago. A few of these stories are: The Little Mermaid, The Little Matchbox Girl, The Emperor’s New Clothes and The Princes and the Pea. Besides writing stories starting with the word the, he also wrote […]
Scarface for Kids
I remember the first time I watched Scarface. I was six years old and I went to watch it at the theater with my dad and my little sister. My sister, who was four years old, kept leaning over and saying, “Doug, they said the F-word.” Then every twenty seconds she would say, “Doug, they […]
Onward Christian Soldiers
I knew this would happen someday. A couple of days ago, nine people were arrested for ploting to shoot a policeman and then shoot more cops at the funeral. These people are calling themselves, Hutaree which means “Christian Warriors.” Shooting cops sounds real Christian-like to me. They should ask themselves, W.W.J.D? There’s an old spiritual […]
I Love Ebay
I love EBay. I don’t know why I love it so much, I just do. Maybe it’s because I can browse as long as I want and drool over things I can’t buy and know that no one’s watching me. I love hitting the “Watch” button on EBay to see how much items end up […]
Vice-President Biden Drops the F-Bomb
No, I’m not talking about Fuddrucker’s or Fiddley-sticks. I’m talking about the other F-bomb. The other night, right before Obama’s speech on how he just passed a historic health care reform bill, Joe Biden introduced Obama. Bidden then whispered in Obama’s ear, “This is a fucking big deal.” Obama looked like he just smelled Joe’s […]
Obama Signs Health Care Bill
President Obama signed into law a national health care reform bill today. This is supposed to help approximately 34 million Americans who don’t have health care. Here are two people who may need it. Theresa Sokaitis, of Middletown Connecticut, age 87, is suing her sister Rose Bakaysa, of Plainville, Conn., age 84, for not sharing […]
Crazy Crimes
Today’s crimes are almost unbelievable: A Lancaster man stabbed another man in the neck with a meat thermometer after the victim asked the attacker’s lady friend to stop talking on her cell phone during a movie. In California, a person cut the natural gas lines in a police station and strapped a bomb to a […]
Fun Facts about St. Patricks Day
Today is St. Patrick’s Day. St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, but did you know that there is some controversy over whether it should be St. Patrick’s Day or St. Patricks Day? Some say it should be without the apostrophe because some people believe that there were actually two Patricks. (I left the […]
St. Louis Community Farms and Farmer’s Markets
A friend of mine was telling me about this thing she’s doing called community farming. She pays $300 a year for, “half a share,” and she gets to take all the vegetables she wants, every other week from the farm. Its $500 a year for a full share and you can take as much as […]