The (I’m led to understand; I wasn’t there) nice and polite HVAC guy visited on Wednesday, and informed us that our aging and basic central air system had blown a compressor. It’s dead. Shuffled off the mortal coil (though the heating coil is supposedly okay), joined the choir invisible, pining for the fjords. Damn. I […]
in no particular order: Now, I’m a reasonably observant Catholic, but when stuff like this happens, I get really annoyed with the Church. Denying someone marriage because of the consequences of a disability feels all kinds of wrong. On the other hand, there’s news that makes me really happy, like the announcement that Barack Obama […]
Scientific American published an article back in May about the healing powers of blogging, or more specifically, writing about thoughts and feelings in general. The article discusses how writing is not only useful as a stress management tool, but has also been linked to positive physiological affects, like improved memory and immune system boosts. I […]
Remember when I said this back in March? As was completely expected, McCain went there, is using Clinton’s “Commander-in-Chief” line to attack Obama. The McCain camp is going to come up with enough mud to sling on their own; there’s really no need to hand stuff to them. I really wish Clinton’s camp would have […]
It’s cool to sit here and watch Barack Obama acknowledge that he’s the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States. This, my friends, is history being made. And my family can say we saw him back before he was such a big shot, stumping for Tim Kaine in Richmond in ’05. Here’s photographic […]
I parked by this light pole Monday morning that had this vaguely kitten shaped smudge on it. It immediately brought to mind all those “Virgin Mary appearing on people’s french toast” stories. Of course, I snapped a picture. This evening, I took a stab at whipping up a picture for ICHC: I don’t think that […]
