Archive for July, 2004

Great speech by JFK

No, the other JFK. Kerry makes me think of JFK (the assasinated one) a lot, so I thought it appropriate after Kerry's great speech to harken back to JFK's best speech, his inaugural address. JFK has a wonderful rhetorical method of conveying complexity and nuanced postions, one which I miss. Enjoy.

Stress = Press

I posted this story already in response to someone else's blog on a website far away, but then I decided it was too silly not to include here as well. The other night I inexplicably dreamt that there was a large, old-fashioned printing press in my bedroom. I was half awake, with my eyes open, so [...]

new continent, new house, new job, new social circle

I have got excuses, but I have no doubt that you won't really be all that interested in hearing them. Instead, here I start afresh, with a quick snapshot of my current life and times, with (hopefully) somewhat more regular bits and pieces to come this way regarding my adventures. I have left my clean fair city [...]

It Just Goes to Show

Well, I meant to write everyday. I meant to make a list of all the things I can't stand about the New York Yankees. And most of all I meant to prove myself wrong and write, write, write! And then I ended up dog sitting Sunday night, and I couldn't go upstairs [...]

There’s a window into my toaster!

I can't believe we never noticed it before. Or more likely, I can't believe we weren't more excited about it when we first bought the thing. It's on the side that usually sits next to the fridge, so I guess that's how we forgot. But you can watch your toast toast! And you can see the wire thingmys [...]