Daily Archives: March 5, 2014
And Now, a Brief Recap of Our JoCo Cruise 4 Vacation
Posted on March 5, 2014 30 Comments
Inasmuch as this picture was taken from the top of a zipline somewhere in the Caribbean, you may assume it was in fact perfectly lovely. That’s our boat over there in the top left corner, the Independence of the Seas, which when you add up passengers and crew, has more than three times the people […]
What I Am Giving Up For Lent
Posted on March 5, 2014 95 Comments
I’m not Catholic, or, really, religious in any sense at all, but I like the idea of Lent — giving up something that you like in order to reflect on the idea of sacrifice (note this is a very abbreviated version of what Lent is). A few years ago my daughter wanted to experience Lent […]
Things That Pass Me By
Posted on March 5, 2014 50 Comments
In e-mail, an (excerpted) comment from a reader: You didn’t have much to say about the Jonathan Ross/Hugo dust up. That’s not like you. Well, you know. Two things: One, I had literally just gotten off a boat from a week at sea and was playing catchup on everything, including things that directly related to me, […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying