Downwind

All this discussion of putz vs. schmuck reminds me of the story of Marilyn Monroe who, after three straight days of matzo ball soup, asked Arthur Miller if there wasn't some other part of the matzo that was edible.

Don't you wish you could relax like that??

Bonsai is a wonderful pastime.

Bud Selig is no Bart Giamatti.

Be very, VERY careful!

Jeez, how lucky am I??? I survived two blood clots in the lung following surgery in 2011. I loved Farina's comedy turn in "Big Trouble."

Gorgeous!!

After much online research, once we decided we needed a vacuum that really SUCKED, we bought a Shark and I'm happy with it. For whatever that's worth...

I'm sorry, I can't let your unwarranted assumption about me go w/o reaction. I am part of the problem?! You don't like the criminal justice system and I work in that system so you have decided I am part of the problem. You have essentially profiled me -- profiled me!-- and in that you share with G. Zimmerman a trait nobody likes. You have no idea! Perhaps, notwithstanding that I am part of the "legal system," I am able to help people despite the laws you think are bad. No system is w/o its flaws. Only individuals w/i that system can make it work in individual cases. Bellyache all you want, but don't assume w/o evidence or personal knowledge that I am part of the problem. I thought you were more intelligent than that. You have no idea.

I just had to give up the set (watching "The Magnificent Seven") to my wife so she could watch Dexter.

I'm no fisherman, but I'd sure enjoy romping around in your river...

Rick Perry would pay you for that one.

There are no grounds for a wrongful death suit for the same reason the jury acquitted this guy: the evidence showed Martin was on top of Zimmerman giving him a good pounding. The fact that Z. had profiled him and gotten out of his car to follow him was not sufficient to overcome the apparent fact, which the jury believed, that the kid then jumped Z. and became the aggressor. I don't think this was a dumb jury. They wouldn't buy the State's argument that contradictions equaled purposeful lies. There will never, ever be a traumatic criminal episode w/o contradictions.

I'm so jealous of your visit to Amsterdam and the museum...I adore Van Gogh's work. His "Night Cafe" hangs in my bathroom.

Wonderful pix!!! You should have dressed Mike up as a nun & stuck him one of the photos for perspective... That was a great film.