Category Archives: nothing special

Writing the last post was an intensely emotional experience.  Although tempted to do otherwise, I wrote it stone-cold sober, more or less stream-of-consciousness, in the form you read it.  I made a few changes to correct small grammatical errors, but … Continue reading →

I am pretty sure that I am preaching to the choir.  At least, I hope that I am. Another teenager, this time in Tennessee, killed himself in response to being bullied. It sounds terrible, but I am not particularly surprised. … Continue reading →

I really should end this hiatus from political blogging.  There are just too many important things out there that beg to be commented on. There is the Defense Authorization Bill.  A thorough post on that will come along at some … Continue reading →

Do Tim-Tams from Australia actually taste better than the ones made in the U.S. by Pepperidge Farm?* Discuss amongst yourselves. *We’re talking regular Tim-Tams, which are great, but not Mint Tim-Tams which are the world’s best mass-produced cookie** (filling the … Continue reading →

The Red-Headed Menace, upon listening to Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor”: “What inspired that? What sort of a bad day had he had?”

It’s Sunday afternoon.  I am sitting in my favorite Starbucks so that I do not inflict violence on any one member — or any multiple members for that matter — of my household. There is a party going on that … Continue reading →

I am noticing that I got something on the order of 40 hits for my post titled “Phew” in three hours. Assuming these are not all ad-spam, I am wondering if people were concerned that something bad had happened, rather … Continue reading →

Hurrah! Time for Christmas jollity! First are my two favorite secular Christmas songs: “Elf’s Lament” by the Barenaked Ladies, and “Fifty Kilowatt Tree” by the Bobs.  For something a little more thought provoking, there is “The Christians and the Pagans” … Continue reading →

I never use Google Map street view.  Never.  Quite frankly, it creeps me out a bit.  Today, however, it came in very handy. Remember how I said I was panicking about having missed a reason that a parking space was … Continue reading →

I am at the California Academy of Sciences today, having driven the Red-Headed Menace and a classmate into the City for a leadership training conference by the Alliance for Climate Education. I have a lovely seat on the balcony outside … Continue reading →

In spite of being tired, after resting for much of the day, I went to see The Muppets with the Rocket Scientist.  I am not going to give a full review, but I do just want to say… I will … Continue reading →

PPL Montana, LLC v. Montana is it.  My favorite case pending before the Supreme Court this term.  It has nothing to do with the AEDPA or zombie copyrights or the Stolen Valor Act.  It is about… Navigable waters. Oh, boy.* … Continue reading →

Still exhausted.  I think unless I am significantly better by Monday, another visit to the doctor is in order. 

I have had a busy day, running errands, going to my Thursday class, some housecleaning. I have about ten different tabs up on my Firefox windows that need to be written up.  The most important, of course, is about the … Continue reading →

Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul,         Like a weaned child with his mother;          Like a weaned child is my soul within me.                                                     Psalm 131:2. It has taken awhile. Usually, in the fall, I am filled witha sense of … Continue reading →