Author Archives: A Dreamer

Dear Mother Nature

Posted on July 3, 2014 by A Dreamer

I am OK with my beach trip being delayed a couple days – just don’t hurt anyone and try really hard to leave all the buildings intact, OK?

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So, I seem to have developed a small comic book problem.

Posted on May 23, 2014 by A Dreamer

And I blame Noelle Stevenson and Neil Gaiman. Last summer, Amazon offered Sandman Vol 1, #1 as a free download. It’s Neil Gaiman and it was free, so why not? Very good decision. It was very entertaining and I definitely … Continue reading →

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My Internet friend died this week.

Posted on April 18, 2014 by A Dreamer

I’ve been a bit hit or miss on the TMF boards in the past few weeks – impending finals, Easter, whathaveyou.  It happens.  But I logged in earlier today and discovered that TMFPMarti, aka self-named “Uncle Phil” had gone on … Continue reading →

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To anyone associated with Guardian: Life Balance Sheet

Posted on March 12, 2014 by A Dreamer

Can you get me a contact email in the next 18-24 hours?  Your website does not allow for non-customers to make contact. And I’d rather not vent my spleen about your conference here.

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The broken blog is almost a year old!

Posted on March 8, 2014 by A Dreamer

I am at Spring training in lovely (and more importantly warm and sunny) Phoenix, and I realized, that was when I started the blog last year! Thanks for hanging out. Here’s a margarita.

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I swear, I’m not panic shopping!

Posted on February 11, 2014 by A Dreamer

So, the consensus seems to be that we’re going to get some weather starting Wednesday night and it will continue into Thursday.  Depending on the model one is looking at, we could be looking at 3″of snow, or 20″.  Either … Continue reading →

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So, it’s been a little cold…

Posted on January 30, 2014 by A Dreamer

 The polar vortex/arctic blast/whatever you want to call it has had our area in a bit of a chill over the past week, along with a good chunk of the rest of the country.  It’s not the end of the … Continue reading →

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This is new…

Posted on January 27, 2014 by A Dreamer

After several years of watching Lily sleep on the patio cushions, Carmen finally gets in on the act.

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Another shooting

Posted on January 26, 2014 by A Dreamer

This morning, I was out running errands and I turned on the radio to hear the news that there were three dead in a shooting at a mall in Columbia, Maryland. Any number of things could have first come into … Continue reading →

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This is why I couldn’t leave the couch for the last 25 minutes:

Posted on January 23, 2014 by A Dreamer
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