Caol Ila
Last night, someone told me to have a sip of Caol Ila single-malt Scotch whisky. A tiny sip, because that person knew I’m not a drinker. It was the single worst-tasting thing I’ve ever ingested into my wee body. At … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Me, myself, and I
A sonnet in praise of sonnets
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post.] I write some poetry from time to time, And gravitate to forms, I must confess. I crave some meter and a bit of rhyme. Free verse can be illusory progress. The … Continue reading →
Trump, Magritte, and me
Here’s a tongue-in-cheek photo of Donald Trump, circa 1989 (taken for Fortune magazine), doing his own Magritte thing: Whatever happened to that handsome, slender guy? Same thing that happens to all of us, if we live long enough. Which reminds … Continue reading →
IHOP: food interlude
I went there recently for dinner—it was conveniently located and I was in the mood, although it’s not a place I associate with good food. Merely adequate. So I was pleasantly surprised when I ordered this and discovered it to … Continue reading →
On tax day: the taxman
[NOTE: This is an edited version of an essay of mine from the past.] Today is the last day to send in your taxes. Ah, paying taxes. What fun! Along with close to 100% of Americans, I hate the process. … Continue reading →
Audio books and me
In this thread from Saturday, quite a few people rhapsodized on how much they like audio books, and they recommended them to me. I’ve written before about my problems with auditory learning (see this and this), but now I’d like … Continue reading →
The Rise and Fall
Last month I got William Shirer’s The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich out of the library. I had actually read it many moons ago, when I was a teenager. But “read” is a bit of a euphemism. It … Continue reading →
The neo archives
I’m still taking everyone’s suggestions (thanks for so many!) about the renaming of the blog under advisement. I may just be lazy (and responsive to most of you) and keep the status quo. But if I change it, it will … Continue reading →
A note on dresses and prices
I went shopping recently for a dress for a certain formal-ish occasion. Spent quite a few hours doing it, to no avail. So I decided to look online instead. I thought that would save me some time and effort. Ha! … Continue reading →
Rename the blog? Suggestions?
I’ve been thinking of renaming the blog. There are a number of reasons. The first is that I’m not so “neo” anymore. After all, my political conversion was pretty much complete in 2003, and that’s almost a decade and a … Continue reading →
Victim analogies, liberal style
Remember the Miller Analogies Test? It was one of those “this is to this, as this is to which of these?” tests that supposedly tapped into a person’s logical reasoning ability as well as the person’s knowledge base. Analogies can’t … Continue reading →
How I got started as a blogger
[NOTE: This is a slightly-edited repeat of a previous post.] When blogger Andrew Sullivan bit the blogging dust and quit, I took special note of his departure for personal reasons, because you might actually say that it’s actually because of … Continue reading →