I’ve noticed an uptick in my writing recently. The Wife complains that my posts are very long, and she loses patience. So she abandons reading them about halfway through. That’s unfortunate, but the fact of the matter is, I don’t… Continue Reading
I guess I either picked a bad question for the first poll, or it was too obvious. Everyone’s voting for Rudy as the most electable of the potential GOP candidates. So I’m discontinuing the poll early and moving on to… Continue Reading
A new widget to the blog appears to the left — the weekly poll. I get to write the polls, so that’s kind of fun for me. Not every poll will be about politics. The poll appears in more than… Continue Reading
A few minor changes to the blog. After a series of unfriendly-in-tone comments and what seems to be a testy exchange developing, anonymous comments are no longer permitted; you must now log in to comment. Disagreements with opinions expressed in… Continue Reading
Today’s comic suggests that there’s something tawdry and shotgunnish about a Vegas wedding, albeit also romantic in its desparation. I’m here to tell you it isn’t so. (At least, not necessarily.) The Wife and I got married in Vegas and… Continue Reading
Another insomniac episode last night, as my brain was overflowing with facts and information. Nothing awful or scary or even stressful, but just plain too much of it. So that was an hour awake at 3:00 in the morning, until… Continue Reading
In a case of real life events mirroring the predictions and warnings found herein, the Los Angeles Fish Wrapper reports today that promoters of Blu-Ray technology are quietly courting pornographic movie producers to release their products in the Blu-Ray format.… Continue Reading
An attorney at the firm asked me today if I’d found any groups in the area since moving here that I wanted to join. The Wife has done well in this regard, having found a Toastmasters group that she likes.… Continue Reading
In response to a previous post, an anonymous commentator and I have been exchanging some interesting thoughts about the historical use of warrantless wiretaps, which you can read by following this link. Unfortunately, the post has now cycled out of… Continue Reading
I’ve added some bling for the blog, which you’ll see at the top of the left column. I think the trivia question changes twice daily; the answer appears in a new browser window (or tab, if you’re using Firefox). As… Continue Reading