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 …
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“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 …
For the record, I’ll be on “For the Record” again.
Set your TiVos: my episode of “For the Record” will be reairing on many PBS stations on Sunday morning at 11am.
Numb to victory.
I’m not happy about winning yesterday. We Democrats have had so many false peaks in the past half decade, so many times when it looked like we were going to win. And then we lose. It’s been so long since we were in power that I think I just can’t fathom it. Perhaps it’s an …
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 …
Feeling better.
I am, for the record, feeling substantially better. I got up at a reasonable hour, got dressed, drove to town, even got a little work done and it’s not yet noon. I’m coughing some, but it’s not the retch-inducing coughing fits. No fever. My head is a little swimmy, and my heart rate is really …
Whooping bronchitis?
After I was so very sick six weeks ago, I declared that I’d no longer blog about my illness. I was substantially better by the second week of May, but I’ve been coughing ever since. Well, now I’m going to blog about it again. I took a turn for the worse on Friday afternoon. Friday …
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 …
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