This past weekend we went to the baptism of the daughter of one of our closest friends. As a novelty, my wife toyed with the idea of making a sort of “time capsule” for the daughter to be opened … [Read more...]
WONDERS OF THE WEB PART #67
May 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The World Wide Web (when was the last time you heard anyone refer to the Internet that way?) is old enough now that looking back on its early days suggests notions associated with Babylon, Rome, or other … [Read more...]
Slow Jammin’ (With The Preezy)
April 27, 2012 By 3 Comments
People who read this blog in more than just a casual manner will know very well how often I whinge on about how fed up & disgusted I have lately become with the country where I was born. And, yet.. … [Read more...]
FLASH: It’s Really True: We Are All, In The End, Not Only Victims Of Our Own Device But, Also, Creators Of Our Own Demise – Part I
April 26, 2012 By 5 Comments
For each of the past six years I have bought an annual subscription from RomTeleCom that allowed me an unlimited amount of minutes of calling to America. I did this to partially expiate my guilt from … [Read more...]
Holi
April 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I suppose many of you have seen snatches from film from India where people throw brightly colored powders and liquids on each other. It looks like a lot of fun, and I am sure it is, but it is also, foremost, … [Read more...]
Just To re-Cap, Quickly
April 11, 2012 By 2 Comments
You know, I suffered the George W. Bush presidency here in Romania. And it seemed, at the time, that perhaps because I was viewing it distantly, that maybe I was seeing it wrong. As I watched from a … [Read more...]
A Different Final Update
April 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
As readers of this blog will recall, on Monday night this year’s NCAA basketball season was concluded. The very next night another season was seemingly brought to an end when Mitt Romney won the Maryland, … [Read more...]
More Confirming Signals
March 14, 2012 By 1 Comment
I’ve been re-reading some of the stuff I haven’t read in a long time and, I must say, it has been a quite enjoyable way to spend Winter evenings. And part of that enjoyment comes from the god-like … [Read more...]
In The Memory Palace
March 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Sometimes emotions override facts. Very often you find that sentiment trumps “reality” so totally that a glimpse of actual infinity gets implicated. Or a sudden realization will come to you that … [Read more...]
