It's one thing to have lofty ideals about what we ought to value. It's another to see one proved true. Two things that my nephew was really excited about on a recent trip?  My seven-year-old nephew who has Lego Mindstorms to play with, among other technological wonders?  A crayon that had been made right in front of him that he got to keep, and the ( Read more... )

When I was downtown Friday night, I had difficulty finding a parking spot, and ended up on the wrong side of the downtown park to where I needed to be.  And it didn't help that said park has a lagoon running the length of it - you have to find a bridge to cross.  I ran along the sidewalk to the nearest bridge, a wooden pedestrian one half a block ( Read more... )

Okay, you know how I collect songs that are sad, or melancholy, or haunting, or so on?  I found a new one.  "Momma, Look Sharp" from the musical 1776.  In the musical, a young soldier is reflecting on his two friends who died.  The song is sung from the point of view of a dying/dead soldier, asking his mother to find him.  The words are ( Read more... )

So I got tagged for the same meme in both Facebook and LiveJournal.  Which means I'm gonna do it once and get it over with.

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For those who live in the same metropolitan area as me, please note that Borders does not support either side of the "One City, One District" debate going on. Yes, we are selling books at one of the rallys, but frankly we got roped in before we knew what was going on, and it is a very lucrative contract. Employees here represent both sides and ( Read more... )

I wrote this yesterday, after a rather spectacular sunrise ( Read more... )