Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
Posted in Family, Observations, Odds & Ends, genealogy on Nov 7th, 2009
One of the ironies I’ve encountered in researching my family’s genealogy has been that I have had more success compiling factual information about ancestors dating back to the 17th century than I have for my grandparents’ and parents’ generation. After years of searching with little success uncovering any significant information regarding my family’s recent [...]
Posted in General, Observations, Odds & Ends on Oct 5th, 2009
The predominate community mantra these days is: Buy Local. Taken at face value, this injunction seems to be a reasonable way both to engage and stimulate local businesses; however, as with all issues, the devil is very often in the details. Approximately eight years ago I contracted with a local home maintenance company, Pike’s, to [...]
Posted in Fun, Observations, Odds & Ends on Jul 2nd, 2009
As my French teacher in college used to exclaim effusively, Quelle bonne suprise! The cause which prompted this ecstatic proclamation was my discovery of a small but apparently renewable cache of reasonably entertaining books at one of our local dollar stores, one of the honest-to-goodness, real dollar stores where every item is one dollar or [...]
Posted in Fun, Observations, Odds & Ends on Jun 15th, 2009
Triad Stage’s production of Moliere’s Tartuffe was quite a departure from its usual selection of plays which heretofore consisted of works generally written from the middle of the 19th century up to the latest efforts by current playwrights. While the subject matter of Tartuffe remains timely, the challenge of translating 17th century French and Moliere’s [...]
Posted in Observations, Odds & Ends on May 8th, 2009
About a week or two ago I received a notice in the mail from Maytag which listed model and serial numbers of its manufactured appliances that had been subsequently identified as having a defective part. Affected appliances had been found to overheat and in some instances catch on fire–the revelation regarding the possibility of fire [...]
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Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
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The Zero
A Novel
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