Since it’s Veterans Day, I thought I’d point to something written by a veteran. Here’s an article by Bradford J. Kelley, which appeared in the…
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Since it’s Veterans Day, I thought I’d point to something written by a veteran. Here’s an article by Bradford J. Kelley, which appeared in the…
I think I got a bad burger at the airport in Houston. Ugh. The very idea of an airport hamburger sounds kind of gross. Anyway,…
25 years ago today I was visiting Moscow. That was a great trip, which remains a highlight of my life. Back in 1985, visiting Moscow…
Over the last few weeks I’ve been fiddling with constructing my family tree on ancestry.com. (Thanks to my old high school friend Georgie for getting…
We went looking for this grave after seeing a request on Find a Grave. After some help from “Big Bad John” at the cemetery office,…
I recently noticed a small backyard shrine in my neighborhood. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it at first. I thought maybe it…
Do you know what “trick or treat” really means? No, I mean really? Isn’t it time you learned the “truth” about Hallowe’en? Aurgelween by Editor…
Yesterday morning I took my first yoga class ever. Through Living Social, I got a deal on three classes at TriYoga in Mid-City that was…
Hallowe’en is just around the corner, so here’s a mix for the occasion. It’s eight different versions of my favorite song of all time, by…
I just unearthed an old post, incomplete and never published, about going to church with Xy. I dusted it off, fleshed it out to the…
When I was a teenager, I used to read the comics section of the newspaper on a fairly regular basis. For some reason I’ve gotten…
I had my phone turned off from Saturday night when I went to bed until after noon Sunday. When I fired it back up, I…
Dear Persephone, On the first of this month, as we were riding the bicycle on our way home from a meeting, I heard you exclaim,…
On Friday, with a little time to kill, my daughter and I stopped by one of the many cemeteries clustered in our neighborhood. I’d been…
All of a sudden I’m getting a surge of traffic to this old photo of my birthday cake from 1984. I trace the hits back…
I know I mentioned that some mysterious person gave me a couple hundred bucks after my last bike got stolen, but I don’t think I…
Here at the University today we are celebrating the opening of the College of Pharmacy’s new Qatar Pavilion. This is a big deal. In addition…
Last Wednesday I got a filling and a temporary crown. While I was numbed up I took a bite out of the inside of my…
Although I started this blog in 2004, I’ve added bits and pieces to extend the story back to May of 1999, when Xy and I…