Truth About Diogenes Day
2013-09-26 – Okay! Here’s a bit of pre-Diogenes-Day truth. I blew this thing! And I’m sorry! If you’re not a regular reader of this blog, you may not know that […]
Tag Archives: Culture
So Many Churches
2013-09-24 – When we drive through rural Iowa and Illinois, we often stay clear of the interstates. We like the scenery and it is interesting to see all the towns. […]
Oh No! Here We Go Again!
2013-09-22 – There is a Microsoft ad that I see over and over and over again. It pits the Surface tablet against the iPad. It is narrated (ostensibly) by a […]
A Ticket for My Destination
2013-09-20 – I’m writing from La Crosse, WI. I come here fairly frequently for work. I take the train up from Chicago and I take the train back. It […]
Diogenes Day Is Coming
2013-09-15 – Last April Fools’ Day I proposed having a kind of anti-April Fools’ Day on October 1. It is called Diogenes Day, named after the ancient Greek cynic who […]
Air for Charity
2013-09-12 – Just stopped at the neighborhood 7-Eleven to pick up a paper and an A&W Diet Root Beer. I’ve been going to this 7-Eleven for almost 20 years so […]
Grocery Stores
2013-09-08 – Grocery stores are odd places. You want them to have everything but you’re frustrated when they do. Now that our kitchen remodeling is near the end, we […]
Driving In the Dark
2013-09-03 – The sixty or so miles from Dubuque, IA to Freeport, IL is mostly a winding and hilly two-lane highway—US 20. And at night it is dark. It’s […]
We Are Not at War
2013-09-01 – My mother is 85 years old. She lives 2,000 miles away in an assisted living home in Los Angeles. She is losing her memory. She sometimes gets disoriented. […]
Rogers Park
2013-08-29 – Rogers Park is a sports park. Indian Boundary Park is a strolling park, with paths and a little pond. But Rogers Park is a sports park. The east […]
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