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Must . . . not . . . . blog . . . . . about . . . work.
I think my head is going to explode.

I recently discovered the blog of Secret Simon. It begins as the story of a man coming to grips with his sexuality and his marital status. It’s been interesting reading, what little I’ve read so far. I’ve only read the first few months of his blog, which started in January of this year. I can [...]

Brian has noted my relative silence about D in my blog. “I’m in there more than he is,” he pointed out. True enough. At this point I must confess that it is largely due to an irrational and superstitious fear of jinxing things. So, here we go. (Where’s my rabbit’s foot?)
D has been in Mexico [...]

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Some of you may have noticed the brief appearance of thumbnails down the right edge of the blog. I’ve taken them down because they’ve become unreliable and have started slowing down the loading of the page. There are things I like about Deviant Art, but they have been plagued by performance problems from [...]

Christmas day. It was my plan to spend most of the day skiing. After dropping off my girls at their grandmother’s, I headed up the mountain. However, upon arriving at the resort I discovered I had left my poles at home. I went to rent a pair only to discover I had also left my [...]

He who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Several things have come across my desk recently that tell me that the transition to digital technology is still in the troubled adolescent period. …
A good example from a fine nature photography book by an excellent phtographer includes this note from the photographer: “Nature is reality and [...]

I haven’t said anything about Intelligent Design’s defeat in Pennsylvania, because, well . . . duh. However, I can’t help but indulge in a bit of schadenfreude after reading that ID was not just struck down, but pummeled into the dirt.

Kitzmiller provides an excellent case study of evolution in action; ironically, in this case how [...]

Haves and Have nots
Another snow storm moved through the valley Sunday afternoon. I enjoyed walking in the quiet snow fall, a perfect storm with no wind and fluffy flakes drifting slowly to the ground. Even though I was crossing the crowded parking lot of Best Buy it seemed picturesque. And yet when D and I [...]

An Army private is withdrawing from the military after having his nose broken for being gay. The Army apparently realizes it will have its nuts in a vice if the boy dies, so they had him sleep on a cot where his drill sergeant could keep an eye on him. That is where their concern [...]