So, what to do in a strange city when you’ve got a few hours to kill? I could have looked up my cousin, but I’ll…
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So, what to do in a strange city when you’ve got a few hours to kill? I could have looked up my cousin, but I’ll…
I’ve been doing faculty development for over ten years. Yet I’ve never attended a conference on the subject — until now. Last week I went…
I just got back from a trip to Houston. I guess you might wanna zoom way in to find me. More to come. I’m a…
Sunday we made a quick jaunt to the beach, kind of a last hurrah for our summer. It seems hard to believe but Xy’s vacation…
I wrote most of the following last week when I was up north, but wasn’t able to finish it until now. I’ve spent the last…
We took the girl to Waveland, Mississippi, yesterday, for her first visit to a beach. Here’s a slideshow of a dozen photos from the trip.…
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…
We got back home late last night. I thought I’d try to round up what remaining thoughts I have on our Gustavian evacucation. (Photos here.)
Spotted this thing behind the hotel where we stayed in Thomasville, Alabama. I have no idea what it is, but I’m sure some astute person…
Part of me wanted to get back home to New Orleans and gloat over the fact that we appear to have power while most of…
We made it to Jenny & Herb’s house in Tuscaloosa yesterday morning and had a chilled-out Labor Day. Their kids Marlon and Leroy seem to…
We cleverly avoided the I-10 while getting out of New Orleans, but our cleverness ended there. We got caught up in traffic on I-59 North,…
I’m nearing the end of my project of excavating old images from the depths of my hard drive. There have been some interesting discoveries along…
The internet and this old world can still blow my mind. Browsing through a random Wikipedia article I discovered that before the Cuban Revolution there…
Thanks to Carol G for getting me in touch with the very helpful Christopher Elliott. He’s the ombudsman for National Geographic Traveler magazine. Today he published my case. I found it in the Arizona Daily Star, though not, strangely enough, in our Times-Picayune which usually carries his column in the Sunday Travel section. I can tell you that $83 was very helpful. Orbitz actually refunded our tax paid as well so we came out ahead on this deal.
Today’s my mom’s 70th birthday. I usually call her on the telephone but I can’t because right now she’s in Cambodia, part of a short-term…
It’s not all drudgery. We’ve taken some very pleasant breaks from working on the house to visit friends. Today we went to Li’l Red’s wedding…
By late Friday night it was evident that Depression #10 was not a serious threat to the Gulf Coast, so Saturday morning we hit the…
I thought it would be nice if Xy and I got out of town to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Nothing fancy, just a day at…
Penetrating Insight
Published by Editor B on Friday, 4 September 2009Occasionally I get a comment so penetrating, so insightful, that it just begs to be given special attention. So herewith I present the penetrating insight…