At 12:01am this morning, a drunk plowed into the back of my car at 40 mph. Actually, it was my father’s car. And I don’t actually know how fast he was going, but that’s about how fast we (the nice policeman and I) figure he was going. I’d just finished up interviewing Devon, who is …
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What a system.
Today, I wanted to know what happened to the morons that ran into me last night. (Well, early this morning.) I’m really sore today (neck, back, right knee, jaw), and it’s made me cranky. So I went by the police station to find out what was up. Also, I had some more information that I …
“O Brother,” thou rock.
“O Brother” rocks. By which I mean the movie, not my brother. (You know, for the purpose of this discussion.) Amber and I went to see "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" on Friday, and it was really fantastic. I never thought that I’d put my grade-school knowledge of The Odyssey to use, but I was …
My mother wrote a book.
My mother, NPR essayist, has a book out now. It’s called "Birdseed Cookies: A Fractured Memoir." It’s a whole bunch of her essays, including ones about me, opossums, Scott Simon, ADD and, yes, birdseed cookies. I’d buy it, but, y’know, she gave me a copy. If you want to read some of her essays before …
Snow!
I know that it probably won’t amount to anything, and it’s just going to warm up and melt, but it’s snowing! Peter called this morning to tell me, so I’ve hurried through my morning to get outside in it. I think it’s exciting because we’ve been promised great, hulking storms a couple of times now …
Talking to myself.
I’d like to get one of these hands-free phone adaptors. You know the things — a little ear bud and a danging microphone. But it occurs to me that, upon using it, I suppose I’d look like I was just walking along and talking to myself. I gather that in some places (New York, LA, …
I get the strangest e-mail.
To: waldo@nancies.org From: chad5252@xxx.xxx Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 04:13:14 EST Subject: my friend this friend of mine says she knows you verry i like her alot but others say she is a fool her name os dondreah i know i’m going out n a limb but i thpugh i would ask i believe her …
New area code.
We’re getting a new area code. How embarassing. I thought we were immune. Richmond gets 804. The rest of us get the shaft. It hasn’t been decided what it will be yet, but it will no longer be 804. I’ll be ashamed to have an area code without a binary middle digit. We’ve been part …
UVa drunkards.
I’ve got a letter in the latest Cav Daily about the drunkards in this town that are commonly known as UVa students. Now that Amber is a student, I’ve been paying attention to the place. They have this system called the Honor Code(tm), which essentially says that if you do bad things, you’re expelled, based …
We win!
I know this news is a couple of days old now, and that I’m obliged to go into a little more detail, but nancies.org won the "Coolest Fan Web Site" award, and quite handily, at that. I just got back from L.A. a couple of hours ago, but I’m still a little dazed. Thanks to …