Backwards Bob
2012-09-07 – Rode the train home from La Crosse with a guy named Bob. Seemed like a nice guy. My age. A retired member of the UAW. Good sense of […]
Tag Archives: Politics
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
CEOs and Fire-fighters
2012-08-11 – What do CEOs and firefighters have in common? If you said they both take big risks, you’d be wrong. Firefighters do take big risks, but CEOs don’t, for […]
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