Daily Archives: February 28, 2011
The Two Sides of Athena
Posted on February 28, 2011 26 Comments
Take your pick: A little bit country: A little bit rock and roll: I kind of like them both, myself.
Out of It
Posted on February 28, 2011 33 Comments
I’ve been asked why I haven’t been writing exhaustively on Libya/Middle East/Wisconsin/Washington Budget Battles/Enter Topic Here over the last couple of weeks. The answer is pretty simple: I’m trying to finish a novel, so I have to decide whether I’m going to devote processing cycles to thinking deeply about the artificial world I’m creating in […]
Deven at 40
Posted on February 28, 2011 23 Comments
My friend Deven Desai turns 40 today. As he was the young’n in our little group of friends, that means we are all officially middle-aged bastards. I hope he’s proud of himself. To celebrate his and our advancing decrepitude, I’ll play some Pink Floyd. Not “Time,” because that’s just a bit on the nose, isn’t […]
Another War Entirely In The Past
Posted on February 28, 2011 12 Comments
Pause a moment in your day to remember Frank Buckles, the last US veteran of World War I, who passed away yesterday at 110. As far as anyone knows, only two other WWI vets are alive in the entire world, both well over 100 years or age.
What Happens When All The Snow Melts At Once
Posted on February 28, 2011 15 Comments
Yesterday the temperatures went up 30 degrees in one day and we had a pretty gnarly thunderstorm, and the all the snow which covered our yard — and the rest of the landscape — melted in several hours. And now we have this: A small lake where my yard, the road, and the agricultural field […]
Quick Oscar Wrapup
Posted on February 28, 2011 15 Comments
Well, once again I got five out of six in the Oscar’s big categories, but where I usually fall down in the Supporting Actress category, this year I whiffed on the Director category, as The King’s Speech’s Tom Hooper bested David Fincher. I think this is somewhat outrageous, but hey, it’s not like I get […]
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