Thanks for all the good wishes on my trip. I’m here in very sunny (and mega-hot) southern California–the San Fernando Valley, to be exact, where many of the people I’m visiting happen to live. I am just touching base for … Continue reading →
Today I’m setting off for California, to Los Angeles and then San Francisco to visit relatives and friends and even to see a few sights. I should be gone until July 25. I do plan to post fairly regularly, since … Continue reading →
How was my Fourth of July? Just fine, thanks. To begin with, the weather, which had been fairly vile for weeks, turned magnificent for the entire weekend. Unless your goal was to swim (which mine wasn’t), it was perfection itself. … Continue reading →
I don’t know about you, but this story fired my imagination. It is the stuff of which science fiction movies are made. My first reaction was sheer awe. But my second reaction was, “Hmmm, I guess Star Wars wasn’t such … Continue reading →
Austin Bay is back home, and he’s rallying the troops–and us. Excellent perspective on the whole bloody thing, in a concise nutshell that includes an analogy to our own Civil War and its aftermath.
Continue reading →It’s summer. I would bet that, right now, the vast majority of you are living in places that are quite warm, not to say hot. I don’t know about you, but although I love summer–glorious flowers, lazy hazy crazy days … Continue reading →
Update: I am currently at work on my next “change” post, and hope to finish it in the next day or two. But I’ve been wrong in those predictions before. The best-laid-schemes and all that, as the poet says: But … Continue reading →
With a name like “Neuro-con,” how could I not pay attention? He or she (I don’t really know which at this point) is a new blogger who has chosen to remain anonymous for this reason. Neuro-con is a conservative with … Continue reading →
My projection for when the next post in my “A mind is a difficult thing to change” series will be up: some time during this coming week. We’ll see whether I make it.
Continue reading →garden pride Just testing my ability to post photos. This is my garden (last year), by the way.
Continue reading →Non-news of the day: the majority of Americans oppose reinstating the draft, by a margin of about 2.5 to 1. Surprise, surprise! The AP article also reports that “over half” of Americans would discourage a son from joining the military … Continue reading →
For those of you who read this post a while back, you might be wondering how my laser eye surgery went. Well, I postponed it. I got a second opinion, and was advised there is no rush at all with … Continue reading →