Five things you never knew about me.

Book of Joe tagged me with one of those question-answering memes and, while I generally ignore them…hey, it’s Joe. I also think I’ll enjoy this one. I’m supposed to list five things that you don’t know about me. What with my family and many close friends reading this, I’ll just go for what most of …

“For the Record” video.

WHTJ was kind enough to provide me with a DVD of my September appearance on “For the Record”, their nationally-syndicated political discussion show. Better still, they cheerfully agreed to let me share the video here. Since the reviews weren’t too bad, why not? I find this unbearable to watch. My frequent blinking, the fact that …

Remind me if we have an appointment.

My primary computer kicked the bucket yesterday morning and it’s off being repaired — I drove the little guy to BlueRidgeMac yesterday. My calendar is on that computer, so I have absolutely no idea of where I need to be when until I get it back, which I certainly hope will be soon. So if …

Checking up on the resolutions.

Three quarters of the way through the year, it’s time to check on my new year’s resolutions: Start more projects, but maintain fewer. That is, bring good things into the world, but don’t overcommit. Become conscious of my own health and physical well-being. I’m quite healthy, but I’m not going to be in my 20s …

Reconsidering the fundamentals.

Eddie moved to town when I was 12 years old. He lived three doors down from me. His family came from Texas, which I found enormously impressive. He was a year older than me, but also in seventh grade. (“I’m kind of dumb,” he say when asked about it.) Eddie was shy, but when approached …

Into every marriage a few raisins may fall.

“The history of the present raisin bran is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these Cereals. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.” I like raisin bran. As a regular consumer of it for some years now, it …