Monthly Archives: September 2005

Now for something different

I’ve been off the deep end a lot lately. Here’s a nice picture to look at while I rest a bit. I took this at a rest area on I-70 somewhere in Utah.

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Wasteful and Unnecessary

Yesterday, I said, speaking of the funeral “industry”, “Every product this “industry” sells is wasteful and unnecessary.” Let’s examine that: Cremation: OK, let’s burn increasingly scarce fossil fuels and pollute the

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And when I’m dead and gone…

I’ve been aware for a long time that there are probably fewer days ahead of me than have already passed. So, my thoughts from time to time pass through some morbid territory.

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Doorway to History

This doorway was one of the entrances to a barracks/dormitory I lived in at Andrews Kaserne, in Berlin, Germany in 1977. The building itself had a somewhat sinister history, as it was, until the end of WWII, Hitler’s SS training … Continue reading

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A million eyes

In my last post I alluded to the fact that the Internet was more responsive and had more facts at hand than the Administration or FEMA seemed to have for several days. There’s a lesson in there, I think. While … Continue reading

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Depraved Indifference

Like most of the people in the blogosphere, I’ve been watching the horrors on the Gulf Coast, and in and about the city of New Orleans. I’ve refrained on commenting on them for a week or more now, because adding … Continue reading

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Much better…

To repair the damage to my psyche done by yesternight’s so-called movie, I dragged out my favorite movie of all time– Amadeus. If you haven’t seen this movie, you should. Most movies

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The dumbest movie I’ve *ever* seen

Jason brought home some movies he got from Saundra’s dad, and I rummaged thru the box while looking for some entertainment last night. I settled on A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Moon. I had no idea

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The night watchman…

I’m spending another sleepless night in front of the computer. That’s actually a little misleading because

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