Far back, in the mists of ancient time, there existed a technology for sharing one’s thoughts, musings, memes, and other nonsense. You may have heard of it, if you’re over 40. The web log, or blog. The [more...]
The other day, the Washington Post ran a long article about the whole Kerry said, Republicans said Vietnam story, showing that both sides were technically lying. Howard Kurtz quotes Michael Tomasky in the American [more...]
Standing at the doors to the backyard, coughing my brains out, I noticed it was snowing. Sort of. My gaze moved up the birch trees in the backyard where there are dozens of birds enjoying a meal of the fuzzy seed pod [more...]
I just don’t understand our government. The U.S. goverment offered me a phone call, a toothbrush, a paperback book and a temporary passport. No hotel, no food, no flight home. I was told that I could take out a [more...]
