So are they just writing Arizona to be some woman-hungry chick? Because there is nothing redemptive about Minnick. The attraction seems to be "Oh, look, another lesbian in the hospital, let's hook up," which my gay son remarked on, and that's no way to write characters like this. Arizona was WAY better when she was…

During low 80s temperatures and about 90% humidity, I decided to start digging out my beds. Only made it thru one (the biggest) before I nearly collapsed from heat exhaustion. Planned to dig out more the last few days, but constant rain precluded that. Not supposed to rain tonight, so I'm gonna give it a go before…

Neil Young - Powderfinger
Stevie Wonder - That Girl
Seether - Country Song
The Clarks - The Runaway
Fleetwood Mac -Farmer's Daughter
Bob Seger - Fine Memory
Luther Vandross - Superstar/Until You Come Back to Me
Elton John - Levon
Delta Rae - Holding onto Good
AC/DC - Sin City

I finished the first draft of my novel. Now time for the rewrites. And there's gonna be a lot. I already noticed some glaring errors in just a quick read through.

In my department, my co-worker and I share the same first name. At one point, there were five of us in the whole building. At my first job, I was one of 6 people to have the same first name. They made me go by my initials. When all of the others quit, I asked if I could go back to my first name and they said no…

Golden Prey by John Sandford. Just finished The Princess Diarist and I felt bad for not liking it as much as I did her previous stuff.

Thank you for disagreeing with me in a rational manner. I have avoided much comment on the movie and my feelings regarding casting after being branded a racist multiple times.

I disagree. I think it is a very significant plot detail and the formation of the ka-tet would not be the same without it. Of course, since this is an "adaption," they probably won't even address that.

Surprisingly enough, I avoided The Wire because of all the hype for years. Mr. Max decided to watch it one day and I actually liked it. I don't think it was the greatest show on TV, but it was pretty good.

OK, THAT was totally a douche move.

That doesn't explain why she's been acting like a child all the time before her mother's illness.

Forgot I had this on the DVR. Hockey playoffs, doncha know…

The bread is the only thing I like at Jimmy John's. They sell day old loaves for $.45 and it makes fantastic garlic bread, french bread pizzas, and bread for au jus sandwiches.

My oldest rugrat finally got a full time job! It's even in his field!! Starting May 1.

It really is. I didn't realize how incestuous, for want of a better word, that era was.

That sounds awesome! We got an office wide breakfast of bagels and fruit, which is nothing special as there's always bagels and fruit around the office. A co-worker who I sometimes help with admin stuff brought me a mini-cake in the shape of a hockey puck with the Pens logo on it. Nothing from the direct bosses,…

Last weekend, I cleaned out my beds of two years worth of weeds. This weekend, planning to add some soil and fertilizer and till the shit out of it.

Uneasy Rider - Charlie Daniels
Heaven Beside You - Alice in Chains
Let it Go - The Clarks
One Piece at a Time - Johnny Cash
Tied My Hands - Saron Gas
The Chain - Fleetwood Mac (The Dance)
You Really Got a Hold on Me - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Trampled Underfoot - Led Zeppelin
I Think I'm in Love - Eddie Money
Safe and…

I just finished that this week. I enjoyed it, but I thought he got a little too flowery at times.

Girls Like Us by Sheila Weller, chronicling the lives of Carole King, Carly Simon and Joni Mitchell. Good, if a little wordy. Weller likes to go off on tangents that don't seem to have direct bearing on the story. And she randomly uses footnotes, which is what some of her tangents should be. Still, it's…