Happy George Washington’s Birthday (Observed)
Today is not Presidents Day. Neither is it Presidents’ Day, nor, God forbid, President’s Day. The official federal holiday is George Washington’s […]
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I was looking over the American Planning Association’s “Great Places in America” and couldn’t help but note that nearly all of the […]
View ArticleTop Ten Operas
Have you ever read a Top Ten List of something you love without praising the concept and almost immediately dismissing it out […]
View ArticleFixing Baseball
No more collisions at the plate this year. Instant Replay trumping umpires for the first time. A proposal to start the World […]
View ArticleCertified Campfire
I attended a meeting of parent volunteer for my daughter’s upcoming Girl Scout® camping trip. Among the information shared was the fact […]
View ArticleL’Orfeo
After going on a three-day Springsteen binge, I let iTunes Shuffle decide what I should listen to next. (When I worked in […]
View ArticleHeinlein, Hemingway, and How the West Was Won
I recently read a science fiction book, my first since about the age of 12. I don’t have anything against science fiction, […]
View ArticleSolid State
I was in a guitar store the other day and overheard a conversation between a customer and a salesman. The customer was […]
View ArticleiCynical
I’ve had an iPhone, iPhone 3, and my current iPhone4s, and I’ve been successively less happy with each one. Part of that […]
View ArticleThe Paper Chase
If we were truly serious about striving for a paperless society, our efforts should be directed towards reducing all manner of bureaucracy. […]
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