Weather Mom
2013-02-27 – I always feel betrayed when the weather forecast turns out right. As I write this, the jury is out. The snow is falling. If it stops now, it […]
Monthly Archives: February 2013
Three Cornered Hat
2013-02-25 – It is traditional on Purim to get so drunk that you can’t tell the difference between the hero of the day Mordechai and the villain Haman. It doesn’t […]
Some Body
2013-02-24 – Human beings seem to like to imagine living without a body. It’s like everyone had a body like Stephen Hawking, wracked by disease, nothing but a drag. Hawking […]
Extreme Negotiations
2013-02-22 – Oscar Pistorius says that he fired his gun through a closed door, “accidentally” killing his girlfriend, because he feared an intruder on the other side. I’m a little […]
I Might Just Be Steven Spielberg
2013-02-20 – Yesterday in the Metra station (in Chicago) a couple stopped me to tell me that I look like Steven Spielberg. I don’t see it, myself. But this has […]
Coming Attractions
2013-02-18 – It felt a lot like spring today. The temperature is going to plummet tonight. It is 50 degrees now (I just got home from work) but it will […]
Asteroid Fall
2013-02-17 – The rock that fell in Russia the other day—I’m glad it didn’t fall on my head. But folks are talking about asteroids as the greatest ignored threat that […]
Delirium Vitae
2013-02-15 – This morning my son Nat posted a picture of a bottle of Delerium Tremens beer. I went to the website and found a picture of a pink elephant […]
Not Worth a Plugged Nickel
2013-02-13 – I’m writing this on Lincoln’s birthday. I’m looking at jars full of Lincolns. I just emptied my pocket that was full of Lincolns. Is this a fitting tribute […]
The National Debt
2013-02-11 – Yesterday I talked about a constitutional amendment that would slow down, but not eliminate Congress’ power to enact unbalanced budgets. The reason I don’t want to eliminate the […]
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