Exurbs Are No Place For Astronomy
Jupiter is making its closest approach to Earth since before I was born and will not be this close again for twelve more years. So I go outside to take a look and there is so much light pollution I… Continue Reading
Month: September 2010
In The Courthouse Elevator
This guy gets in the elevator with me. We ride in silence for a moment while he looks at the files in my arm. “Man, I’m glad I don’t got no court today,” he says. I say, “Huh. That’s funny,… Continue Reading
Tragedy Averted
People ask sometimes — either explicitly or by implication — why it is that I direct so much snark at Christianity. And in fact, most Christians I know are good people, smart people, reasonable people who do not let the… Continue Reading
She Turned Me Into A Newt
So newly-nominated U.S. Senate candidate apparently once “dabbled into witchcraft” back in her early twenties. That sounds like a gigantic yawner of a non-story to me. There being no religious test for the holding of Federal office and all forms… Continue Reading
A Text About 2 Years Of President Obama
In response to a query from a Reader in Portugal, written so that hopefully an automatic translator wouldn’t lose too much meaning: I can tell that your English is much better than my Portuguese. I had to use a computer… Continue Reading
Waiting at the Mall
The audible-alarm inventory control system here enjoys the same respect that audible car alarms do on the street: none at all. Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.9
Happy Birthday America
In a very real sense, today is the anniversary of the birth of our nation. On September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the original Constitution was signed by representatives of the thirteen states of the United States of America, and… Continue Reading
Amway For The 2010’s
The other day I was escorting a prospect through the firm’s lobby. There were several people there, including another attorney who was talking with an attractive woman in her forties, and this attorney said, “You might want to talk to… Continue Reading
A Birthday Challenge
As part of her present for my 40th birthday, The Wife got me Thomas Keller’s book Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide. For those of you who aren’t chef groupies, Chef Keller is the owner and executive chef of The French… Continue Reading
You Can Drive I-94 Faster
High speed rail between Milwaukee and Madison is projected to reach speeds in excess of 79 miles an hour. Ooh. Aah. Your tax dollars at work. $810 million of it, or about one-tenth of the total high-speed rail dollars in… Continue Reading