The things we do to the earth

I was perusing some personals ads this morning — laying in bed alone tends to make one’s mind wander toward what might have been, you know — and finally came to a realization. A sad, pathetic one. I  [more...]

Eugene Roche was one of those actors we all know — the kind with the familiar face, but the unknown name. Roche died last week of a heart attack at 75. He’s a face we have all seen, but even when reading a  [more...]

Let’s look back in time, two and a half years. 2005. Back then we were young and innocent, the war in Iraq had already been won, New Orleans was intact and the real estate market was booming. Everything looked  [more...]