My friend Brad W. once made an offhand remark in an online discussion that has been preying on me for years now. We were discussing…
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Our first plan was to reprise last year’s costumes which we didn’t really get to employ last year. But then it became clear that this…
New Orleans Saints Fans High-Five Each Other by Aisha Turner/PBS Newshour / CC BY-NC 2.0 Today I’m offering a rare guest post by my friend…
I recently got word that Helen Hill’s film Scratch and Crow has been named to the National Film Registry. Each year the Librarian of Congress…
Friday night my daughter stabbed me in the eye. Not intentionally — she was just waving her arm around. Her little finger somehow got past…
Imagine my surprise when I discovered my nursery school photo is being used by Cory Frickin’ Doctorow for an article on Boing Boing. The subject?…
With help from over twenty friends and neighbors we knocked our move out in just over four and a half hours. I’m still totally amazed…
I found and scanned an old photo from my files. Here’s Brian Jones and I getting into a serious subterranean study session. I’m not sure…
Just in case you thought we were getting too sappy around here. Twelve anti-love songs by B.B. King, The Plastic Cheeses, Moon Cakes, and others.…
Last night for the first time ever we left our daughter with a babysitter and had a fun night out on the town. Actually it…
Lots of stuff going on lately, and so little time to write. The days slip away uncounted. I can’t stand that. So here are some…
I’m not exactly sure how it happened, but we’ve got a rabbit in the house. I’ve been able to piece together a few clues. Apparently…
Here’s my new desktop wallpaper, courtesy of Brother O’Mara: This photo was taken on Iberville in Mid-City, up near N. Telemachus. I’ve passed by this…
I’ve been feeling the pull of the past. If memory is a drug, then journals are the paraphernalia true addicts need to get that extra…
Facebook continues to amaze as I connect again and again to people with whom I haven’t communicated for up to a quarter century. So what…
Parties are strange affairs. People gathering together for no other purpose than to celebrate life and enjoy each other’s company. What an ephemeral proposition! And…
A friend of mine quit Facebook earlier this week. Said he wanted to spend more time reading. Someone else suggested he needed a Bookbook application,…
Version 2.7.1 of WordPress, the software that powers this blog, was released a couple days ago. I’d been looking forward to this release, even though…
After a month of cajoling on my part, I’m happy to report my co-worker Nancy Hampton has finally launched the Xavier Library Blog. Please check…
It was two years ago today that Helen‘s life came to an end, in circumstances too terrible to contemplate calmly. So we are spending a…