Thank You, Mr. Niehaus

Dave Niehaus died last night at the age of 75. Most of you probably don’t even know who he is, but the picture above might give you a running start. He was the man who single-handedly (or voicedly) convinced me…

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Long Overdue

I meant to post about this article when it came out. That was in April 2008. Which was a while ago. Even longer ago in feeling than it is in calendar months. I try to get a sense of it…

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Housekeeping

I’ve been hearing something going bump in the kitchen periodically since moving to my new domicile and am beginning to see traces of evidence that something small and squeaky is dallying in said room for late-night snacks. This at least…

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Albino Water Buffalo

This is an albino water buffalo: I post it in lieu of a picture I took of Fish & the Madster while they were here for almost a day which they asked me to refrain from posting. The unposted flick…

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Other People’s Words

The sidebar on this blog looks a little different now – I’ve manually added a bunch of links to the only active blogs I know of that my friends are keeping. If I overlooked yours, let me know and I’ll…

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