Month: October 2005

Last night, The Wife had a test for her paralegal class, and I knew she would be done early. She had talked about getting a drink after work. Coincidentally, our friend Andrew called just after I got home to feed… Continue Reading →

I’ve noticed a lot of comments from people who I would not ordinarily have thought read the blog. I think that’s great, and I enjoy the wide readership. But it’s got me curious about how many hits the blog gets… Continue Reading →

It would appear that one person won the $340,000,000 powerball lottery yesterday. Sadly, that person was not me. So much for my fantasies about being a member of the idle rich. My entrée into the leisure class will now need… Continue Reading →

I e-mailed in sick today; I wasn’t really sick but I needed sleep in the morning and quiet to get my work done. Amazingly, I did. Maybe my musings about being unable to focus at home were overly pessimistic. Come… Continue Reading →

As many Loyal Readers are already aware, I am a flat atheist and do not believe in any deity, divinity, or supernatural being, whether that being is responsible for the creation of the universe, the creation of man, whether that… Continue Reading →

We try and we try and we try. Well, the Wife and I do, anyway. But sometimes, it’s not easy for even two people who love each other to get along well. The Wife made a comment tonight that really… Continue Reading →

Well, I’ve been under a rock all day and haven’t come across this juicy rumor until just now. Even if it doesn’t happen, the fact that White House staffers are all abuzz about it is news in and of itself.… Continue Reading →

I’m still feeling the effects of yesterday’s fourteen-hour journey to Pittsburgh and back again. I can’t even begin to describe how empty I felt by the time I got home. I went for eight hours without any food, missed my… Continue Reading →

Hello to all my Loyal Readers from the beautiful and corporate Pittsburgh International Airport. Here, you too can enjoy poor enterprise-level air-conditioning at sunset the dulcet sounds of crying babies, high-end shopping for crap you don’t need, and the joy… Continue Reading →

Virginia Postrel is the head of a think tank called the Reason Foundation. I’m generally a fan; she is a good writer and I find myself in ideological sympathy with her very frequently. In Forbes magazine, she recently reminded her… Continue Reading →