So I’m on my way to class today to give an exam, and I’m reviewing in my head the instructions I have to give about people putting away their iPods and turning off their cell phones. And I think to myself, “I certainly don’t have to tell them to turn off their pagers. Wow, technology […]
I am feeling infinitely better about the Phillies’ loss in the NL Division Series. Sometimes another team is just on a roll and you’re gonna get squashed.
Congrats to the Colorado Rockies for storming the castle.
Over in the ALCS, I admit I’m rooting for the Red Sox, in no small part because of Terry Francona. But […]
1) None of my descendants have gone back to the Bronx in 1993 and persuaded me that taking Russian to fulfill my college language requirement is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea.
2) No one has gone back to Florida in 2000 and informed someone that maybe this butterfly ballot is an even worse […]
OK, I swear, I am going to get back into the daily blogging habit again. It’s amazing how easy it is to fall off the wagon. Lately I’ve spent long periods of time staring at the screen, and about the only thing popping out of my head is:
I’m tired.
I’m tired.
Boy, I could use a […]
Went to visit some college friends today, who are terrific people that have a daughter right around Alex’s age with whom she gets along with famously. On top of all this, when they moved down to the Philly area they bought an HDTV. So we had that on showing various sporting events in the background […]
You know, some days it’s good to realize you can still be amazed. The space shuttle endeavor is currently in space for STS-118, an assembly mission to the International Space Station. One of the mission specialists is Barbara Morgan, a former elementary school teacher who has been a full time astronaut since 1998. Morgan was […]
Interesting feature on ESPN.com about Atlanta’s history as a center of the civil rights movement, and how that history motivates the way many people in Atlanta view the Michael Vick case.
There are certain parallels between the situation and the 2003 mayoral election here in Philadelphia. When a bug was discovered in the mayor’s office, it […]
Can someone tell me when dialog became a preferred form to dialogue? This has been driving me nuts for a while.
It’s always the little things that send you to the nuthouse.
Not really a day that’s reaffirmed my faith in humanity. I was out running some errands and stopped off in a gas station convenience store to grab a Snapple. A woman was apparently in some kind of dispute with the cashier over an ice cream or something like that. I couldn’t quite get the details […]
I’m now 2-0 on the season watching Phillies games live. I gotta say, I don’t know for sure if Citizens Bank Bark was worth the money the city kicked in for its construction - but it is a fun place to spend an afternoon.
And now, I am going to begin a week-long experiment that I […]