Can we all agree that there are some theories that are simply not worth considering? I’m not talking (specifically) about theories like evolution or theism. Just, in a general sense, some proposed explanations are, on their face, so ridiculous that… Continue Reading
I just found out that my old friend, who works at a BIGLAW firm in Philadelphia, just made partner. I couldn’t be happier for him. Congratulations!
1. The Wife “quit” Toastmasters last week. I’m only four speeches towards getting the basic certification, and I think I’d like to finish it, if only to have actually finished it rather than stopping going because The Wife did. She… Continue Reading
My parents have apparently been having a lot of trouble getting carpet installed in their basement back at The Estate At Louisville. They have my sympathies, but they can’t say that The Wife and I didn’t warn them that people… Continue Reading
When The Wife suggested I join Toastmasters, I decided that if I’m going to join it, I may as well really do it and give it a good effort. So that’s what I’ve done; I’ve given three speeches now and… Continue Reading
Didn’t I just take a vacation? How come I’m so stressed out? I’ve had what feels like an unusually stressful week. Couple of weeks. Work has been at what often feels like a frantic pace. I’ve bowed to necessity and… Continue Reading
Yesterday, a friend came over for dinner. She’d never been to our house before and was taken aback by its size. She may well be the last guest we entertain here in the Rented Mansion In The Desert. The reason… Continue Reading
…And that title will be the last time I go to the “Laugh-In” well of jokes. Younger Readers likely won’t get the reference at all. I’m excited to finally have my first pro tem opportunity today. It came at an… Continue Reading
Next week we’re leaving for seven days out of town — to visit our friends from Tennessee who have moved to San Francisco, and to go to our other friends’ wedding in Colorado. As I start to contemplate the realities… Continue Reading
Over the weekend, The Wife and I drove down to Beverly Hills to have dinner with some friends we hadn’t seen in a while. We had a wonderful dinner – as I wrote last week, good food and good wine… Continue Reading