Walden Cabin: Observations typed on an old Underwood

Monday, December 22, 2003

Keep the receipts
My son Jasper has been sick for a week with the flu. I use this as my official excuse for having no shopping done, two days before Christmas. Earlier tonight I hit the malls. Tomorrow my wife is taking back half of what I bought. "You suck at shopping," she said. OK. Suits me. So tomorrow all I have to do is bake sugar cookies to decorate with my three-year-old. My wife is doing my shopping. I've arrived at full-fledged husband-dum (stress on the dumb part).

Oh, and I'm responsible for mixing drinks. Tomorrow it's Black Russian Day. See the recipe here, along with a tasty pick up line that I dare not use on my pregnant wife.

posted by Stuart Hickox | 10:25 PM

Saturday, December 20, 2003

Seasonal
You can now buy scented furnace air fresheners. Pop it in the furnace and get the whole house smelling like pine or cinnamon. How about pot filters for the furnace? Some people give their guests a gentle choice and offer pot brownies. Caroling will never be the same.

Tim Horton's is getting into the spirit. Boy oh boy, nuthin' like their festive "Seasonal Gingerbread Figures." Would you like some hot "Morning waking liquid" with that?

posted by Stuart Hickox | 3:48 PM

Wednesday, December 17, 2003

100 years later ...
US government specialists have spent ten years preparing to reenact the 14 second flight of the Wright Bros. plane that first took off 100 years ago today. It didn't work. What other basic technology are we losing the ability to use? Can George W. Bush work a pencil sharpener? They should throw some money at that one.

posted by Stuart Hickox | 4:50 PM