My husband has been a motorcycle enthusiast ever since he was a teenager. Though he usually rides motocross and trails, he has pretty much decided on purchasing a street bike as well. So he’s shopping around now in the hopes of finding a used motorcycle in good condition for when the weather breaks. Before he [...]
Archive for February, 2007
Well, for all the talk of cronyism and corruption in the Daley administration, the voters just love him. Richard M. Daley won a sixth term as mayor of Chicago, and if he stays in office for the entire four years, he’ll surpass his father (Richard J. Daley) as the longest-serving mayor in Chicago history. According [...]
If you’re interested in cultivating your spiritual side or taking an introspective journey to discover yourself, then you’ve got to check out a website called The Lotus Path. This site gives you a lot of information about the various workshops they offer that are designed to help you turn your thoughts inward and gain self-awareness [...]
The Oscars has been a total snorefest so far. The’ve done a bunch of technical/minor (to me, anyway) awards, have had a couple of musical numbers, and have just now handed out Best Supporting Actor (nearly one hour in). I’ll wait to see supporting actress, then I’m turning it off. Edit: It’s been an hour [...]
The Oscars broadcast is about to start in a few minutes. I’m going to watch the opening skit and then the first couple of awards (they always lead off with the Supporting Actor/Actress awards, don’t they?) before deciding whether to continue with it or not. Ellen Degeneres is not one of my favorite hosts (I [...]
I have to admit that I don’t pay as much attention to what’s going on in the art world as I’d like to. I definitely want to develop my cultural side a bit more, so I’m going to make it a point to go to museums and art galleries a couple times per year. In [...]
My blog has been offline for more than 12 hours due to problems at Dreamhost. I had hoped to get a bunch of posts done today because I see that this blog has been somewhat neglected of late, but obviously I couldn’t do that. At any rate, it’s good to be back, and I promise [...]