It’s been a strange week here in Shangri-La. Strange and expensive. The reading tomorrow will come as a great relief, at least once I’m done.
Today I’m mostly pondering the 41st anniversary of the day I started breathing independently. It hasn’t been a particularly interesting birthday thus far, but anything
The disruption of a dead fuel pump and fuel relay put a huge dent in the pondering end of my business. But though I’m certain
To take my mind off of mounting car repair bills, here’s what I’m pondering: Tom Tomorrow encapsulates almost everything that bothered me about the first
Paul Krugman on the folly of expecting the people of Greece and Spain to accept quietly policies that immiserate them. A New York Times article
Japanese physicists claim to have created element 113. If confirmed, this would mark the first time an Asian nation has won naming rights to an
On my way to the post office today, I drove behind someone with a “9/11 was an inside job” sticker on his car. I’m always
Stuff on my mind as the day begins: Mr. Goodell, we the fans, players, coaches, and sane observers of the NFL beg you, make a
If only Septimus Warren Smith had had the Affordable Care Act.
Didn’t catch too much of the Democratic National Convention tonight, but I saw Michelle Obama deliver one hell of a speech. I spent six years in