The Shattered Prayer

Dreams of fine dining with Che, car troubles, and Friends you don’t see often…
For some reason, I slept poorly last night, the result being that I was awoken in the middle of a dream (which is a rarity). While the poor sleep experience was no fun, the important part was that I remembered a […]

I’ve had a crap couple of days, but I’ll post our horoscopes anyway. Just don’t expect me to be witty or anything. Today, I’m the evil anti-wit.
Steff’s horoscope:
Ernest Hemingway said that his best work was a very short story consisting of six words: “For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.” Alan Moore’s brief masterpiece […]

I am becoming Mary Roach’s biggest fan. After sailing through Stiff, I am now reading Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. Any fears that Roach’s first book was a one hit wonder were quickly dispelled. The new book is as completely enjoyable as the first.
I haven’t finished it yet, but I […]

I just finished a fantastic book. It is called Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and it was written by Mary Roach, a Salon.com columnist.
The book details the various things that dead people have done throughout the millennia. As Roach puts it, cadavers are our super-heroes. You can shoot […]

They both prove I’m gay since I asked about them?
Maybe.
But they really show that I am a comic book geek beyond comic book geeks.
Mojo, A the Girl (yes, our daughter is home from college for a week), and I were watching a show where collectors face off in a test of knowledge and skills […]

The first law of storms is: If Che is in the vicinity, head straight for her.
It was early Sunday morning, and I was dreaming of an incubus I once met. I was awakened by emergency sirens. Outside, the lightening was like strobe lights, and the rain was pouring. I got up and turned on […]

The Mother’s Day Storm, that is.
Yes, it is true. Che, who managed to flee Katrina right as it was bearing down on New Orleans, did not manage to miss the rash of tornadoes that happened this past weekend. The F2 Tornado that hit Maconga tore right down the street on […]

They also took all the lottery tickets.
At the Train station near my work, there are two little magazine shops. Up until about two week ago, these shops were run by a group of Indian men (one of whom was Oh My God! hot. The others of whom ran the full spectrum of […]

Today on BBC science news was the headline Great Tits Cope Well with Global Warming.. Its good to know I’m set for the coming apocalypse. And if any of you need shelter from droughts, hurricanes and assorted omens of Armageddon, you can hide beneath my breasts. We’ll discuss rental rates.

Yesterday I walked into KK’s room. She was watching some reality show on TV, and a man walks in on his girlfriend who is kissing another woman. I looked at KK questioningly, and she just shrugged and said, “She’s biological”.
As long as we’re all clear on that.

What a beautiful morning! We had dinner last night with two witty and urbane gay men and their three daughters. And now, after a night of wine and witty conversation, we have a clear sky, cool temperatures, and kd lang playing in the background.
What does such a beautiful morning bring to mind? […]

I really enjoyed Doctor Who tonight. I am so very glad that Catherine Tate is the new companion. They couldn’t have chosen better.
To be honest, the choice of Catherine Tate could have gone either way. The last time Doctor Who tried to have a “famous” person be the companion, it […]

I did this once before, so I decided to do it again. I thought I’d post the last two comics I bought. There is a theme if you look closely.
Here is the first one.
And here is the second one.
Now, the theme is very subtle, so you probably won’t realize what it is. […]