Now…For Something Completely Different
My wife sent me this some time ago. She’s always doing this kind of thing. And I, some times or not always, pay attention. But I was going through some unopened mail, and I found this. Okay. Sometimes...
View ArticleThanksgiving
I started out this blog with the full intention to list some of the things that I am thankful for, and to specially concentrate on the “small” things that I normally take for granted. But, it turned...
View ArticleMy Secrets, Revealed!
It’s been damn cold here lately, and I just checked with CNN, and it appears that this icy cold front isn’t going to be leaving any time soon, so… One of my favorite fantasy-level-but-actually-real...
View ArticleMy Secrets, Revealed: The Payoff
Okay, here it is. Because of my proclivity toward verbosity, let’s just get to the secrets of my Bolognaise right away, shall we? Here is what I have learned over the years and which, now, I will...
View ArticleBreaking News: IU Is Back!
Last night, while many of the faithful readers of this blog were sleeping, your humble correspondent stayed up late to await the news. And here it is: IU’s basketball team has been selected to play...
View ArticleIn The Memory Palace
Sometimes emotions override facts. Very often you find that sentiment trumps “reality” so totally that a glimpse of actual infinity gets implicated. Or a sudden realization will come to you that...
View ArticleThe Single Reason Obama Will Win
It comes down to one word: Women. If I have learned one lesson in my whole life it is this: you can’t mess with them – ever, not even once – without there eventually being a hard price to pay. Always....
View ArticleMaybe, Just Maybe, This Time
I wasn’t going to write about what happened in Newtown. These things seem to be escalating, almost as if in competition to be even more horrifying than the last. And it makes me sick to think about how...
View ArticleThere’s Two Points To This Story (Well, Three, Actually)
My birthday is December 11th. On the tenth of December I was talking with a friend on the phone and she mentioned something to the effect that “well, we’re all getting older,” and I laughed and said,...
View ArticleOn Being Part Of A Very Large, And Highly Complex System
It never fails. January is bright with the afterglow of the year’s most radiant holidays, and is made even more luminous by yet unbroken resolutions and the expectant possibilities offered on the...
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