Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
My Dad just entered hospice (at home, not at a facility), which makes this news about former Presidential candidate George McGovern hit extra hard. I saw the King Tut exhibit…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
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. I've been rehearsing. Being myself…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
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 would have been better than…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
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 that there's another giant car…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
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 J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie. True, much…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
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 asks if Louisville needs more…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
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 element on the periodic table.…
Today In Being Embarrassed For Someone
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 embarrassed for people who advertise…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
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 deal to bring back the…
Finally, An Impalement Story With a Happy Ending
If only Septimus Warren Smith had had the Affordable Care Act.