Month: December 2005

The Wife and her mom are upstairs as once again, I am down in the basement on the computer. Soon I will join them for breakfast. But right now, I’m using the old computer my dad recovered from the computer… Continue Reading →

There is a deli here in Knoxville called Litton’s Market and Restaurant. People rave about this place and apparently it is legendary. On a radio show one morning I heard people calling in response to the question of “What makes… Continue Reading →

Today, The Wife and I made a pilgrimage to La Casa TL et Uxor, and brought with us nine gallons of various colors of paint, about sixty pounds of drywall joint compound, a variety of tools and other accessories, and… Continue Reading →

A Philly cheesesteak is thinly-sliced chopped and pressed beef round, cooked on a big, flat grill with some provolone cheese, typically also fried up with chopped onions and sharp green peppers. It is served on a hoagie roll, sometimes with… Continue Reading →

Today was not a work day. What did I do with my holiday, at home with The Wife? I graded papers for my online classes. (I’m almost done with that now and just procrastinating completing it because it is tedious.)… Continue Reading →

I am appalled at the politicization and condemnation of the phrase “happy holidays.” There is more than one holiday this time of year and it’s a nice thing to say to someone else. There’s nothing wrong with wishing someone a… Continue Reading →

On a day when most Americans celebrate a high holiday of Christianity, my thoughts turn to Muslims, who we recently learn have had their houses of worship subjected to warrantless searches to look for the presence of radioactive materials through… Continue Reading →

So The Wife, my parents, and I go over to the new house — La Casa TL et Uxor for you Latin students — today. The former owner is still living in it. That only seemed reasonable after the closing… Continue Reading →

I’ve been vacillating about whether I like George W. Bush as President or not. I’ve no particular love of any of the Democrats who have vied for the office in the last two election cycles (John Edwards seemed OK, Wesley… Continue Reading →

The Honorable Judge John E. Jones II, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, deserves recognition for clear thought and forceful application of it. He may be my new hero. In… Continue Reading →