Blue Moon
2012-09-01 – What’s a blue moon? A second full moon in a month. Is there anything special about it? Not in the least. The blue moon is nothing more than […]
Monthly Archives: August 2012
The Start of School
2012-08-31 – Had an interesting conversation with my train buddy yesterday. He takes a dim view of the teachers union and so do I. But our reasons are completely different. […]
Existential Sneeze
2012-08-29 – My eyes water a lot at this time of year. I used to have allergies in the late summer and early fall, but when I was in my […]
Derivatives in Sardines
2012-08-26 – My law school securities law professor told a story about an investor who had received a tip about a certain brand of sardines. “Why are these sardines […]
Proud of My Wife
2012-08-25 – It’s dark in the morning now when I leave the house to go to work and that’s the time the skunks are out in the park. I nearly […]
Akin Breakin’ Heart
2012-08-24 – Before the Todd Akin story gets washed away by the next outrage, I’d like to make a couple of points. First has to do with the complete absurdity […]
Sports Metaphor
2012-08-22 – I was not an athletic kid, which is too bad. I swam a lot and rode my bike, but not at the level of an athlete. My […]
The Morning Star
2012-08-20 – On the Jewish calendar, this is the month of Elul. I don’t really keep track of Jewish months in the same way that I know, every day, what […]
Iowa Girls
2012-08-18 – Met two girls while we were in Iowa. The first girl was a waitress in one of those small towns whose boundaries are marked by a sequence of […]
Three-Legged Dog
2012-08-16 – For the last week or so, I’ve been seeing a three-legged dog during my morning walk to the train. It’s not immediately apparent that the dog only has […]
