I should know better than to listen to political speeches hoping to hear anything inspiring, exciting, or new. What I get out of political speeches tends to be exemplified by my experience last night: I listened to Barack Obama outline…
Month: September 2009
The Sojourn in Pictures: Pennsylvania
Part 15 in a 16-part stately series pictorially documenting the Sojourn. Tuesday: Ohio I think this highlights the problem with putting gubernatorial names on state entry signs: PNC Park! We had amazing seats – the closest I’ve ever been to…
Duck and Cover #1140
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Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine
Today (defined loosely as from noon yesterday till right now), I: Took delivery on a flat-screen television, which will hopefully never have network or cable TV thereon. Spoke to my parents on the phone. Listened to Barack Obama’s speech and……
Duck and Cover #1139
Read Duck and Cover at the Blue Pyramid.
Duck and Cover #1138
Read Duck and Cover at the Blue Pyramid.
The Sojourn in Pictures: Ohio
Part 14 in a 16-part stately series pictorially documenting the Sojourn. Sunday: Michigan The only Lt. Governor to get their name on a sign in America? Faint moonset over our hotel in Cleveland: Cuyahoga Valley “National Park”, in its one…
The Sojourn in Pictures: Michigan
Part 13 in a 16-part stately series pictorially documenting the Sojourn. Thursday: Indiana If only they were the “Good Lakes”: Mmmm… baseball…. Those are some fierce cats: In case you were wondering where we are: Emily attempting to high-five the…
Six Hours Good, Eight Hours Bad
Last night, I threw in the towel early after about 1,200 words. Not a bad output – way better than zero – and I even felt pretty good about them. I was actually reading my early chronicles of writing Loosely…
Incompetence
I talk a lot about the 85% rule, which states that at any given time, 85% of all people are idiots, or mailing it in, or both. But rarely do succinct manifestations get mailed to my door: [portions redacted by…