Yes, today is my cat’s birthday. She is 14. Please give her a thought while you rush out to get your taxes mailed off (though you’ve probably done them already). Today is going to be a quiet day, because honestly I feel like crap, thanks to allergies that aren’t actually allergies and are a virus […]
As I’ve been perusing the social networking sites this week, I’ve noticed an interesting pattern beginning to emerge. In the last couple of days since the resolution of all that budget and potential shutdown theater we saw last week, a lot of people are starting to realize that all these proposed cuts to the federal […]
Even when you’re trying to pay close attention on a conference call, it’s inevitable that your mind is going to wander. Today, mine’s wandering in some alternately amusing and depressing directions. One, I actually went ahead and solved the physics problem presented as humor in the last post (seriously, here’s my scratch pad); turns out […]
It takes a bit of work to shake off the effects of a convention weekend. I’m not sure if it’s euphoria, stress, exhaustion, or just dust on the social interaction muscles of a misanthropic introvert, but it always makes starting the week back in the mundane world a less than appetizing proposition. Those who read […]
Quoth Newt Gingrich, Republican presidential hopeful for 2012, whose unlikely strategy for standing out from the rest of the pack is to portray himself as the reasonable and intellectual historian in a field dominated by raving wingnuts: I am convinced that if we do not decisively win the struggle over the nature of America, by […]
As a person passes into middle age, it is only logical and natural that they begin to spend time examining their past; after all, there’s so much of it that keeps piling up. For me personally, this involves a lot of examination of formative influences and circumstances that contributed to the person I am today. […]
