Brown Dog

it's this dude's birthday

'member him?

Brief visits

Bob and Anne came up for the weekend. We had a fine time touring the coast and solving many of the world's problems.

At the beach

Last week Maia and I went to the Arnold Arboretum near Boston, the oldest public arboretum in North America and the world's leading center for the study of plants (or so it claims).

Maia with dogwood

Maia with birch

Robot High School (use earphones, full volume)

Bill's Birthday Haiku

Another Birthday
Enjoy Every Minute
You are not old yet.

YouTube - Happy Birthday Musical Mice

YouTube - Happy Birthday Musical Mice

YouTube - Happy birthday

YouTube - Happy birthday

YouTube - Happy Birthday - The Beatles

YouTube - Happy Birthday - The Beatles

YouTube - Ramones - Happy Birthday (Simpsons)

YouTube - Ramones - Happy Birthday (Simpsons)

YouTube - Happy Birthday to You! Monkey version

YouTube - Happy Birthday to You! Monkey version

YouTube - Happy Birthday says Elvis

YouTube - Happy Birthday says Elvis

What She Said

by Billy Collins

Let Keillor read it to you...

When he told me he expected me to pay for dinner,

I was like give me a break.

I was not the exact equivalent of give me a break.

I was just similar to give me a break.

As I said, I was like give me a break.

I would love to tell you

how I was able to resemble give me a break

without actually being identical to give me a break,

but all I can say is that I sensed

a similarity between me and give me a break.

And that was close enough

at that point in the evening

even if it meant I would fall short

of standing up from the table and screaming

give me a break,

for God’s sake will you please give me a break?!

No, for that moment

with the rain streaking the restaurant windows

and the waiter approaching,

I felt the most I could be was like

to a certain degree

give me a break.