It’s TV-Turnoff Week. Needless to say, we’re not observing this in our household. Depriving Xy of her remote control is like trying to separate a…
Pronounce the dot.
It’s TV-Turnoff Week. Needless to say, we’re not observing this in our household. Depriving Xy of her remote control is like trying to separate a…
I’m gearing up for a conference next week in New York. I got a cheap flight (American Airlines, about $175 round trip, non-stop both ways)…
It’s Quiet Day again, here at the university. And I must say it is quiet on campus. I like the idea of Quiet Day —…
Stewart Brand has written an interesting article on how ideas within the environmental movement may change on four key topics. I’m sold on the first…
Damn good: Kon-Tiki — 1950. Short and engrossing little documentary made by Thor Heyerdahl as he sailed across the Pacific on a raft. Middlin’: The…
I’ve been seeing a lot of hype about the “end of oil” lately. This article in the Guardian is the latest and seems pretty balanced.
Hmmmm… Maybe I’ll go to Indiana this summer.
Since we decided to forgo Joe Versus the Volcano (Xy had already seen it) there was only one J movie on our list. I thought…
Alas, the new pope is a conservative German guy. The good news is he may not be around long.
I’m in my annual coffee-reduction mode. Starting in the middle of last week, I’ve cut down to two cups of coffee a day. Come this…
Last night Xy and I went out to Jamila’s Café for dinner. As we sat at our table on the sidewalk, a bearded man lurched…
No, I didn’t have beer for breakfast this morning. But last Friday, I broke my beer fast. I haven’t really had any alcoholic beverages since…
I guess it’s a good thing I filed Chapter 7 back in 1997, because it looks like Congress is finally tightening up the bankruptcy laws.…
There were a lot of movies on my list that start with the letter I, and they seemed to have a couple things in common:…
When I came home from my book club meeting today, Xy was crying. Our neighbor, Richard, had just told her some bad news. She didn’t…
On a hunch, I try putting my “right” lens in my left eye. Hmm. Things seem clearer. So I put the “left” lens in my…
Just when I thought the Intellectual Property Frenzy couldn’t get any more ridiculous: It seems that Nissan is trying to trademark the letter Q.
Today is my fourth day of wearing my new contact lenses. I picked them up Friday afternoon, wore them for five hours on Saturday, seven…
By purposefully having way too much withheld from our paychecks, Xy and I got our biggest tax refund ever — almost $3,000. Combined with most…
Friday night Xy and I had mushrooms for dinner. Just a handful, split between the two of us. We went for a long walk. It…