paulapalooza's recommended reading and suchphilologist offers good reads, films, music(Untitled)- August 25, 2005 Obituary Some day I hope to have an obituary as hilarious as this one. I read it twice, and kept checking to make sure it was a real newspaper and it is. I don't think I've ever read a better one, have you Not that I'm a regular reader of obituaries, but if I was, I still don't think I'd read many like it. Thanks to Reverend Mommy for this link, who in turn, thanked Church Lady Chronicles for the link.http://blogs.salon.com/0001520/2005/08/25.html#a274 (Untitled)- August 24, 2005 My Afternoon With Mma Ramotswe I've never been to Botswana, but if I did the first person I'd look up would be Precious Ramotswe, the owner of the Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency. When I found her at the Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors office in Gabarone, I'd beckon to her, using the traditional Setswana greeting of "Ko Ko" and hope that she'd invite me in for some red Bush Tea. I wonder what questions I might ask her. I wonder if she would be too busy to see me. ...http://blogs.salon.com/0001520/2005/08/23.html#a273 (Untitled)- August 19, 2005 BTK and Deodorant They aren't really related at all, but I did have thoughts about both things. First of all, I have never gone on any kind of a political rant on my site. I have always attempted to present information on my family's odd goings on or my opinions about film, literature and music. BUT -- I have heard time and time again that the "BTK is the worst serial killer of our time" and I think that's bunk. He is a disgusting, terribly evil man, but by serial killer...http://blogs.salon.com/0001520/2005/08/19.html#a272 |