I just want to get one thing straight from the get-go: I’m nobody’s old man.
A few things recently have bothered me though. No, I’m not talking about the last few posts. For one thing, I keep running across fellow parents who look like they were born after I graduated from high school. That’s just wrong, but the crushing blow came this evening. Half the teachers we met at…
This one’s another entry that sat unfinished for a while. I’m not sure why I admit to these things.
I’ve said it before, but I can’t say often enough: I’m really proud of my daughter. She has a beautiful mind; but as sometimes happens, hers comes with a few quirks. Throw in a few genetic bumps and you’ll see a road to academic success that hasn’t always…
This Sunday I had three weddings on my mind. I attended mass with my Catholic in-laws for the second time since my infamous Orlando walkout. If I said it was the first time it would sound a lot more impressive, unless you knew I was lying. We were taking on mass to celebrate Cheryl’s parents’ forty-fifth anniversary. That’s pretty cool, but just being in the church brought back…
Last week I lost an office but I gained a cubicle. It was all part of the state’s plan to join the effort to rid western civilization of the scourge known as privacy. It’s true that some employees have done everything in their power to prove they don’t deserve privacy, spending their time on the clock performing a wide range of activities unrelated to that which they are paid to…
Today was not a good day at the office. I’m already afflicted with a tendency to see a suffering child with every piece of paper I touch, or every client I see; but today felt like one of those days when the brain chemistry was out of whack – trending blue. I have touched one too many cases with vivid descriptions of tragedy.
I could deal with it if yesterday had been any better. I was…
This is another post that got lost in the shuffle, written sometime during the last week of June.
My least favorite time of year is here, but a string of days with our typical (at one time) afternoon thunderstorms have my spirits up. It’s one aspect of summer in Florida I enjoy. It’s hot and sunny all morning, until the early afternoon. Then dark clouds start forming on the eastern…
… therefore my taste in music is automatically suspect. Cheryl suffered the same fate, yet she still chuckles when she hears the West Wing theme come up on a random play through my iTunes playlist. Hey, I like an occasional rousing reminder of one of my favorite fictional Presidents. But what does the West Wing have to do with the 1975 – 1989 music scene? Nothing but me baby! (I feel…
Josh Marshall:
At some points during the Republican primary campaign especially, CINC (commander-in-chief) was being used almost as a synonym for president — much as we might substitute ‘chief executive’ for president. And the growing use of the term in this sense is an effective barometer of the progressive militarization of our concept of the presidency and our government…
Here’s another neglected post – this one from June. Did you know I could stop writing for months and still have fresh material (sans editing) ready to go?
Here’s my formula (re: the post’s title):
1. I get a little angry.
2. I make it personal.
3. I act like a jerk.
I don’t know why it irritates me when people complain about the price of gasoline. It’s a…