Gifted Typist

I believe in getting into hot water. It keeps you clean GK Chesterton, British essayist

This being Thanksgiving, we’re preparing to tuck into a nice Thanksgiving cedar-planked salmon. It’s a lovely piece of salmon marinaded in a bewitching cocktail and then barbecued on a soaked plank of cedar. The sweetness of the cedar smoke infuses the fish with a rich perfumey essence that is to die for. At Christmas, we [...]

You know that 38.0 second time I set in the pool last week? That was a world record for the 50-metre freestyle. Not only did I set a record that day, I murdered the old world record for 50-metre freestyle. Yup, the old record is 41.07 seconds. And do you know the category of people [...]

This beastly feline is a kept cat. She loves the life of leisure like no creature I know. Some have pointed out that Cheddar has a tartar problem, but I haven’t had the heart to take her to the cat dentists. We’ll see how it goes. The little typists were responsible for the wardrobe malfunction [...]

Real estate agents like to market homes. Homes are featured in Homes sections of newspapers. Home renovations make popular TV programs, especially when they are conducted by people by the name of Holmes. Well, no, actually. The structure that is bought and sold is a house. The thing that is renovated is a house, not [...]

I keep hearing the word “community” being used in new and creative ways. We have the “international community” reacting to the crackdown in Burma. We have the “gaming community” embracing Halo3. And last week I heard a reference to the “Halo3 community.” I’m not sure what the Halo3 community was doing but I’d hazard a [...]