Anti-dragon sentiment has dissipated considerably
Either my daughter’s opinion of dragons have changed since I last posted about them or what I thought was a threatening ring of little people around the dragon was actually…
How far does your field of expertise actually stretch?
Since when did meteorologists become the lead experts on earthquakes and tsunamis? I just spent my workout at the gym watching the coverage of the Japanese earthquake on CNN, and…
Always great or recently great?
Jeff Bridges career is having a revival of sorts, having been nominated for the Academy Award the last two years (Crazy Heart and True Grit). He was previously nominated for…
Creative and frugal
My wife bought practically free toddler’s shirts off the clearance rack and used the fabric, which was cheaper than purchasing something at a fabric store, to make these hats for…
The “I told you so” calendar
I have often said that the four best words in the English language are “I told you so.” People scoff at the assertion, but I have yet to hear four words…
Quoted on Twitter, which is only slightly less prestigious than Bartlett’s Book of Familiar Quotations
I was quoted twice this week on Twitter, which is a good sign considering one of my lifelong ambitions is to make it into Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations. The first tweet…
Red Dawn Moments
My wife recently watched Red Dawn for the first time. It’s my best friend’s favorite movie of all time, and while I like it, it has issues. Most glaring was…
A contest! With prizes!
I like the word nonetheless a lot. It’s like the Swiss army knife of words. So full. So well equipped. Practically three words in one. This morning I found myself…
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