Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
Posted in Technology, genealogy on Jun 26th, 2008
It has been roughly six months since I took the plunge to purchase iFamily for Tiger, a relative newcomer to genealogy software for Macs. I had reservations about the product at the outset triggered initially by the its name, iFamily for Tiger. With Apple already promising Leopard on the horizon I was concerned [...]
Posted in General, Observations on Jun 16th, 2008
Sadly, Sunday night’s performance of Bloody Blackbeard was one of the least interesting productions I have seen at Triad Stage in quite some time. I refrain from using the term “worst performance” because more goes into the finished product of a play than what is written by the playwright; indeed, several actors gave compelling [...]
Posted in Family, Observations on Jun 15th, 2008
Father’s Day, like a number of other holidays or special occasions, owes its existence to clever marketing campaigns designed to extract as much profit as possible from an often overly sentimental and gullible public by appealing to emotions, when in the proper context, are not only genuine but ennobling. While free enterprise is well [...]
Posted in Food, Odds & Ends on Jun 9th, 2008
Growing up in South Jersey exposes one to a rich and often disarming vernacular. What ails you was one of those catch all imponderables that seemed to be exclusive property of Salem, NJ and the area immediately surrounding that very old and very sleepy little hamlet. What ails you could function as a literal [...]
Posted in Family, Food, Fun, Memorial, Odds & Ends on Jun 5th, 2008
No, this isn’t a morality piece. While I prize my own ego, I am also cognizant of its divers of idiosyncrasies and peccadilloes, its riotous diversions and subversions, and, therefore, echo T S Eliot’s famous query in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, so how shall I presume?
This morning my garden awaits [...]
Scribbling
Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
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The Zero
A Novel
Jess Walter
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