Weekend
Two months ago, the homeowners' association here decided that we needed to have a termite inspector come and look at...
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Dear Senator Boxer
I didn't expect any better from Dianne Feinstein, who near as I can tell is more or less a conservative;...
Pessimism re same-sex marriage
I should start with the happy part: had dinner this evening with some friends, and I had forgotten that the...
Silence, punctuation, and politics
Yes, it's another one of those entries. The sort that consist of a long bullet list of nigh-unrelated items. A...
Zeppelins ahoy!
Finished the zeppelin story and mailed it. Whew. (I've been capitalizing Zeppelin all this time, under the impression that that...
Yet another award to vote for
I know there are dozens of awards currently being voted on, but here's one more: the second annual Wooden Rocket...
Beryl Markham authorship
Beryl Markham was an aviator in Africa in the 1930s. She became famous for being the first person to fly...
Witnessing weddings
Inspired by Heather's comments the other day (thanks, Heather!), I headed up to San Francisco today to watch same-sex couples...
Ellison lawsuit news
Warning: I'm not a lawyer; all of the following is my interpretation and attempt at summary, and could be wrong....
A few more tidbits
More miscellany: Return of the bloggers: Susan Marie Groppi et alia star in Special Agency (don't worry, the Janet Jackson...
This and that
Happy V-Day, those of you who celebrate it! To those who don't, happy Arizona Statehood Day! A few little tidbits...
Two weeks…
. . . 'til Dr. Seuss's hundredth birthday, on March 2. Back in 1992, I read somewhere (probably on some newsgroup) a nice...