Author Archives: Pat Greene

Hurricane Irene is strengthening into a Category 3. To my friends and family in Florida and along the East Coast, keep an eye out.  I know she’s only a Cat 3, but I have a really bad feeling about this … Continue reading →

 A First Air 737 crashed just short of the runway in Resolute, Nunavut, Canada.  Although the scientists and staff who go to Devon were home, the Rocket Scientist and the NASA people he work with most probably know one or … Continue reading →

One way to know that school has started? I am getting more hits from people Googling the words “little known heroes” or “little known American heroes.”  Guys, you really need to go elsewhere than some blog by some person you’ve … Continue reading →

According to writer John Batchelor in the Daily Beast blog, the Republicans do not stand a chance in 2012. Right. Remember how all of us (all of us liberal Dems, that is) laughed about the possible election of GW Bush?  … Continue reading →

Yesyerday, I returned from several days in Mexico.  Rah. I have had better vacations.  Much better vacations. There was a fair amount of crankiness on people’s parts (and I’m not exempting myself in this), and not enough time to do … Continue reading →

I know I have a small (but hopefully dedicated) audience… Perhaps because of the Russian LJ issue, and because of some cases I have heard recently of Google being overly aggressive in freezing people’s accounts, I have taken to backing … Continue reading →

My first introduction to the world of online writing was through LiveJournal in February, 2002.  Even with all the other social media outlets which have come (Dreamwidth, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) and gone (MySpace, Vox), I still have maintained my LiveJournal … Continue reading →

My first introduction to the world of online writing was through LiveJournal in February, 2002.  Even with all the other social media outlets which have come (Dreamwidth, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) and gone (MySpace, Vox), I still have maintained my LiveJournal … Continue reading →

When I started this blog, it was, for the most part, discussions of the events of the day filtered through my own particular life experiences.  I did not write very much about my family, and, although more, not all that … Continue reading →

I had talked about how I needed to find a way to make my trivia abilities a paying proposition. Last night, I did, sort of. The scene: an Applebee’s in San Jose. The set-up: a local trivia contest (i.e., not … Continue reading →

Remember how I talked about my prowess at trivia? It deserted me last night, as Team Echidna came in four points behind the winners (the wonderfully named Empathetic Bullfighters).  Still, we were a team of two, they were a team … Continue reading →

The freezer died yesterday.  It is difficult to tell if it is totally gone, or just has frozen up and needs to be defrosted (it’s an old freezer).*  So last night I and the Resident Shrink went out and bought … Continue reading →

One of the Not-So-Little Drummer Boy’s jobs this summer is painting houses.  He came home a few minutes ago. Me:  You have paint on your ear. NSLDB: Cool. Me:  Wait, are you saying this is a fashion statement? NSLDB: Of … Continue reading →

And this time I lost. It started with the Red-Headed Menace and I talking about, of all things, his birthday wish list which included Princeton Review Study Guides. (For perspective, he’s only a sophomore. Obsessive, much?) Since he hadn’t said … Continue reading →