I collect quotes. They come from many places. Many of them come from the quote of the day page of The Quotations Page--it's my browser's home page. Here is a sampling of quotations that I've especially enjoyed over the past two months: Last night I stayed up late playing poker with…
It's that time of year again, when we gear up for the rewards (or disappointments) promised in our celebrations of the Yule Season. Christmas Time! Days of saccharine movies, maudlin songs, a hope for fluffy white snowfall that is somehow miraculously easy to drive through and falls only on grassy…
Three weeks ago, I took a 50-mile bike ride through Illinois, heading toward Pere Marquette State Park. I kept thinking about the blog, however . . .
One of my favorite current cartoonists is Brooke McEldowney. I discovered his work online a few years ago in the form of "A Fairy Merry Christmas". In the interest of copyright non-violation, I'll leave it to youse to Google up your own excerpts. This cartoon series was an NEA sponsored…
Writer John Scalzi recently visited the Creation Museum. He has written his report, assessed his impressions, and concluded...well, you should read his conclusions for yourself, here. I do not have Mr. Scalzi's flare for describing expensive nonsense in such finely satirical, subversive, and somewhat detached a manner. There is also a…