Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
Posted in General, Odds & Ends on Aug 24th, 2008
I’ve always been a bit of a closet naturalist, just geeky enough to know a few of those more arcane facts about the creatures who share our planet with us but not so much so that I’d pass for someone having real expertise in any particular discipline. My wife and I had decided to can [...]
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 General on May 29th, 2008
Tuesday marked a first for me. A few months ago my wife told me about a medical research study being conducted for Merck. The purpose of the study was to obtain additional safety data on the study vaccine, Zostavax, in people 60 or older. Zostavax has been approved by the FDA in [...]
Posted in General on Jun 16th, 2007
[photopress:hail3_1.jpg,thumb,pp_image]About an hour ago a monster of a thunderstorm rolled through bringing much needed rain to our parched North Carolina red clay; it also brought hail three quarters to one inch in diameter, which shredded foliage on trees all around us and decimated many of the plants in the garden. The wind roared in [...]
As we age, the passing of each birthday can trigger in us complex and often subtle reactions to the range of emotions we experience, especially as the consideration of our own mortality inserts itself into our thoughts. While there may be an eternal quality associated with the flow of time, it is more often [...]
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Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
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