Category Archives: nothing special

I have a lot of music on my iTunes.  Maybe not a lot by most people’s standards, but I think so: 1953 items (and that after I purged about 100 songs this morning, to make room for the latest episode … Continue reading →

Blogger is not letting me make comments.  I have heard from other people that it is not letting them make comments, either.  Looking at the help boards, it appears this has been affecting a number of blogs and there has … Continue reading →

I have an idea for a NaNoWriMo plot! It’s not very good, tending toward the maudlin and soap-operish (and I’m not going to reveal it here).  It should be fun to write, though. I already have rough physical descriptions of … Continue reading →

Come on, come onIt’s getting late nowCome on, come onHold my handCome on, come onYou just have to whisperCome on, come onI will understand Mary Chapin Carpenter “Come On, Come On” I am not an album person.  I don’t have … Continue reading →

I was sitting looking at a friend’s email address this morning and going…. “Hmmm.  Oookay…. I really wonder where that came from?”  While a lot of people have variations on their names and or initials, followed often by whatever string … Continue reading →

I really should never watch clips of Fox News, even when they are being offered by friends to show that even Republicans know racism when they see it.*  Because I get distracted. In this case by the fact that everyone … Continue reading →

On Monday, I walked the labyrinth at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.  Like the sea, this is a centering ritual for me. In popular argot, “labyrinth” is synonymous with “maze.”  It is not, not in the spiritual sense.  A maze … Continue reading →

So once again we reach September 19th, “International Talk Like a Pirate Day.” It is a stupid idea.  Real pirates raped and pillaged and, in their present day incarnations, continue to threaten ships and seamen, primarily off the coast of … Continue reading →

In the past, I have often railed against what I have seen as the idiocy of the Supreme Court of the United States.  Over the past few years, they have engaged in some decisions that made me froth at the … Continue reading →

Chuck Jones was a genius.  I have been sitting around for the past hour watching various shorts from the “Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 2” — the collection which includes both “One Froggy Evening” and “What’s Opera, Doc?” (“Rabbit of … Continue reading →

It constantly amuses me that, throughout the lifetime of this blog, the two pages that seem to get the most hits are this and this.  People get there through ill-thought-out Google searches.  I keep wanting to set out a disclaimer … Continue reading →

On this day 223 years ago, “We the people” became the recipient one of the greatest gifts of democracy ever presented upon the earth. The U.S. Constitution remains a wonder of draftsmanship: explicit enough to get things done, yet flexible … Continue reading →

Dear Apple, iTunes Division:No, I absolutely refuse to buy the entire Cars soundtrack just to get John Mayer’s great rendition of “Route 66.”  While I love Randy Newman’s work, I can live without hearing more Sheryl Crow on anything, and … Continue reading →

Rocket Scientist dropped by my room last night, smirking.  “It’s an anniversary!” he proclaimed.  “Oh, yeah?  Of what?” I replied. “It’s been six years since your ‘Prado Moment‘!” I was very good.  Although my reponse is not repeatable in polite … Continue reading →

My own post for today, on fear of Muslims and religious tolerance and the election of public figures, did not come together in time.  Just as well.  I’d rather have it in good shape and my thoughts as clear as … Continue reading →