Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
Posted in Fun, Observations, Odds & Ends, Technology on Dec 3rd, 2008
Until a week ago I had resisted even considering being involved with a social networking site. There were just too many stories detailing the consequences of raging hormones or severely impaired judgment to be enticing. My initial reaction when quizzed about joining Facebook was, to quote the ever succinct Homer Simpson, D’oh! All of the [...]
Posted in Family, Food, Fun, Observations, Odds & Ends, Places, religion on Dec 1st, 2008
Over the weekend my wife and I drove to Blackjack which is near Greenville, NC to attend her father’s family reunion. The family has gotten together the Saturday following Thanksgiving since 1983. As reunions go, this is a low key affair with an old tobacco barn/pack house serving as the meeting hall for as many [...]
Posted in Fun, Observations, Odds & Ends, Philosophy, Politics on Oct 29th, 2008
On the way to do our weekly grocery shopping last weekend I was interrupted in mid tirade by my wife when I referred to Alan Greenspan’s performance before a recent congressional meeting and the deluded theory that the market knows best as a perfect example of the failed lesson so artfully explicated in The Emperor’s [...]
This weekend my wife and I slipped off to spend a little time with friends of ours who have built a wonderful home just off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Sparta, NC. The quilt is just one of about a hundred that were on display at the Quilt Festival. I loved the colors –reminded me [...]
Posted in Fun, Observations, religion on Jul 2nd, 2008
Last Saturday night we caught the final performance of Godspell at the Open Space Cafe Theater in Greensboro. A good friend had recommended this particular production to us with glowing terms; she found the musical very entertaining even though she admitted that she was a bit weak on the finer points of the New Testament [...]
Scribbling
Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
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The Zero
A Novel
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