Here’s my new plan, formulated last night: I will try to eat actual meals, and I will sit down to eat them. Most of you might say: whaaat? Don’t you already do that? Doesn’t everybody? No, and no. I’ve mentioned … Continue reading →
I’ve been surprised at the number of people in the comments section who suggest it’s wrong at this point to criticize Trump, because all it does is help Hillary. Note that they’re not usually suggesting that the content of the … Continue reading →
I’ve been online for about 20 years, and it’s a huge part of my life these days. It started small, as many habits do. I wanted to look up information on the nerve injuries I had, and the internet provided … Continue reading →
By now you may all know the story of how 7-year-old Yamato Tanooka got lost in the woods: his parents disciplined him by putting him out of the car, and when they returned “a few minutes later” he was gone. … Continue reading →
And we were talking about traveling, weren’t we? So it’s probably time to revisit this Jenna Marbles video about packing. This is me, unfortunately—a “just in case” packer. Plus, just my hair products alone weigh several pounds: I used to … Continue reading →
I recently flew from coast to coast. I remain in awe of how fast and well it is usually done, really a marvel of modern machinery and manpower. I’ve driven coast to coast many times in years past, and I … Continue reading →
I’ve noticed that a lot of people on the right have had it with politics, at least for now. After many years of struggling to explain the details of the Iraq War and why it was waged rather than why … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Open Blogger at Ace’s.] When I was a child I used to greatly admire Degas’ dancer paintings. My family had a reproduction of one of them, and I used to study it and marvel at how well it … Continue reading →
I recently went on a trip to Crater Lake in Oregon. I’ve been there before, and each time I’ve been impressed by its transcendent beauty and other-worldliness, and fascinated by its history. The lake, in case you don’t know, is … Continue reading →
There’s a lot of talk lately about how everyone was predicting Trump would go nowhere—except, of course, his fervent supporters, who believed almost from the start that he could win the nomination. Looking back, my recollection was that at the … Continue reading →
Here’s a description of how reliance on our GPS sytems can steer us terribly wrong, in the literal sense. Beware. The phenomenon of people automatically following their GPS’s directions is something I’ve noticed many times even in myself. We get … Continue reading →
You know those little stickers on the apples? I love them. Whoever invented them was a genius, and I thank him/her profusely. I like sampling different kinds of apples: one from column A, one from column B, and on and … Continue reading →