August 27, 2010 – 2:29 pm
In a conversation I recently had on-line about an article regarding citizens being tracked by GPS, the subject of privacy came up. Okay, I did what I often accuse others of doing and jumped to a reaction before I’d read the article. The article was actually a serious look at an opinion by certain judges [...]
Okay, so I had a heart attack in January. Don’t worry, my health is improving. I was treated in a local hospital where, as I had just recently given up my insurance as a cost cutting measure (timing is everything) they made sure I was going to live, put me on a ton of medication [...]
August 14, 2008 – 1:13 pm
I am surprised when people I meet don’t know I’m gay. How could they not figure that out? I am also surprised when I meet someone and they do know. How can they tell? It’s a little schizophrenic, I guess (no disrespect intended to any of my schizophrenic readers) but both are true. I have [...]
Many years ago I got into the habit of answering the ubiquitous question, “How are you?” by saying, “Dandy, how are you?” Most people just smiled and said they were fine. I was working in a law office in Los Angeles at this time and there was one lawyer who worked there, a junior partner, [...]
Many years ago Toyota had an ad campaign with the catchy slogan, “What Will You Do with All the Money You Save?” The thinking was, I assume, the consumer had $20,000 in their checking account allotted especially for the purpose of buying a car. When they bought the Toyota and it only cost $18,000, they [...]
Spy Magazine, that wonderful satirical magazine that slowly started losing subscribers as it slowly devolved into a bitch fest, had a great feature called “Logrolling In Our Time” which presented two members of American intelligentsia giving favorable, often glowing critiques of each other on their respective pulpits. It was surprising how many pairs of mutual [...]
August 21, 2006 – 3:04 pm
Third and Fourth Day Back, Sunday and Monday, August 21, 2006 After high school and college, I did a lot of traveling. I remember all the motels would have the come-on, “Free HBO!” Now it’s “Free Wireless Internet!”. At least one of the motels at every one of those little oases for travelers on the [...]
August 19, 2006 – 2:56 pm
Second Day Back, Saturday, August 19, 2006 The seminar was wonderful, informative and powerful. I am a changed man. The very foundation of existence has shifted. Life as we know it on the planet will never be the same. The universe has shifted three degrees into the blue. God wept. Okay, enough of that, this is [...]
August 11, 2006 – 2:47 pm
Second Day – Wednesday, August 10, 2006 Utah is in a different universe. And as you go further east (at least on the 70) it gets more and more alien. The western end has green and looks normal, but it starts to get strange very soon. I was told that, as you travel along the [...]
First Day – Tuesday August 8, 2006 I am taking a road trip to Minneapolis, driving my little Mini Cooper Convertible named Nigel. Yes, I named my car. I was going to fly, but Steve convinced me to take the time and drive, knowing how much I love driving. Good old Steve. What a glorious [...]
