. So today Lady Steed and the Big O and I are abandoning the Residence of the Brass Clan and heading back to our internet-free lifestyle whe...

. We (the Brass Clan) (see previous posts) went to the Shark Tank tonight because Papa Brass is a season-ticket holder and tonight was free...

. Lady Steed has joined the blogosphere and I invite you all to head over and say hello .

. I am a Californian. I have also been an Idahoan. And a few other things, none of which has any idea what it means to really feel Boxing D...

. [Note: I am still technically on hiatus and without consistent internet access.] So I have met Tolkien Boy. And together we have changed t...

. I am now leaving campus, not to return for three weeks. I have no idea what my internet access will be like during this time. So, in case ...

. Yesterday I was given some nicely packaged bath salts made in chemistry class, a candy cane, and a cold cheeseburger from the cafeteria in...

. For lovers of wonderful mistakes, here's Regret The Error 's yearly roundup . And don't miss "Best Service Journalism....

. The Big O celebrates two complete years outside the womb.

. For those of you who could not figure out #13 or #14 or #16 , here are the answers: A, B, B, A, B, D, B, C, B, D, A, C, C, C, D, C, C, D, ...

. Little things are but parts of the great. The grass does not spring up full grown by eruption. It rises up and increases as noiselessly ...

. The Big O will not go to sleep anymore unless he has first put under his pillow The Caboose Who Got Loose and The Little Red Caboose . He...

. So I will die of lung cancer. I will, I'm sure of it. I've just learned that I have spent virtually all my life in or next to a se...

. Give me this. Give me that. Give me everything. Make me fat. Thus begins the well regarded Saga of Greedy Charles, a 1914 comic farce that...

. Inspired by one of my professors, I decided to let my juniors write their own American Lit final. They each wrote questions and selected q...

. So, according to this PSA I've been hearing lately, a wireless phone can be, while driving, my greatest safety device. I'm glad to...

. Introduction Not including this introduction, this post has three parts of which you are likely to hate at least one. When you hit that on...

. ....that, speaking of Utah, it is more or less culturally identical with San Francisco. I have been learning this little by little over th...

. So last night Lady Steed and I were waxing nostalgic re: Utah because our current home has a decided paucity of truly excellent grocery st...

. I handed back some assignments today and someone tore his name off--just the tippy-tip corner--and then left the rest of the paper on his ...