Listening to Opponents
2012-12-31 – I’ve always liked reading the conservative columnists in the New York Times. Reading people on “my side” of the debate is sometime fun, but rarely enlightening. But […]
Monthly Archives: December 2012
So Friggin’ Entitled
2012-12-30 – I just read an article about a woman who was called fat by a valet parker and made such a stink about it that the parking company gave […]
You Only Live Once
2012-12-28 – I just learned of an interesting Internet acronym: YOLO. I have been seeing it around and assumed that it was a type of Greek yogurt. But it turns […]
Digital Toes
2012-12-26 – I don’t stoop to pick my clothes off the floor. I can grasp things with my toes. It’s a little awkward, but a works. Typing is a little […]
So This Is Christmas
2012-12-24 – Every year I get tricked. Every year I try to hold the line against commercialism. Because, let’s face it, I’m cheap. And I like the peace on earth […]
A Limerick
2012-12-23 – A limerick: In truth the world’s soiled and gritty. Our destiny’s sorrow and pity. The salve is habitual Abuse of ritual, And cure is referred to committee. * […]
Thank God It’s Friday
2012-12-21 – Lots of talk these days about divine retribution, from the various reactions to the murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School, to the folks who attribute hurricanes to human […]
Ancient Scrolls
2012-12-19 – I saw the Dead Sea Scrolls many years ago at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. As I left the museum a car load of Israelis stopped me to […]
First or Second
2012-12-17 – The massacre in the Sandy Hook elementary school has people clamoring for action. Ban guns! Change the way stories are covered! And there is merit in both. But […]
Warp Drive
2012-12-16 – When I travel, I usually like having oxygen in the atmosphere at the destination. It’s a little quirk I have. Not all people agree. A trip to the […]
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