Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
Posted in Observations, Philosophy, Politics on Jul 24th, 2008
The sport’s cliche, No Pain No Gain, is surprisingly applicable to a number of other less athletic endeavors. One which springs immediately to mind is the much ballyhooed and equally enigmatic pillar of democratic society: Citizenship. What is it really? What is implied when one says one is a citizen? What are one’s responsibilities at [...]
Posted in Fun, Observations, Philosophy, Politics on Jun 1st, 2008
As I stood in the shower preparing to go to a Greensboro Grasshopper’s baseball game, an odd flurry of metaphors sprung to my mind. I’ve been reading Robert Morgan’s excellent biography of Daniel Boone, aptly and simply entitled, Boone, A Biography. Somehow the fascination so many apparently share for Daniel Boone had eluded [...]
Posted in Observations, Odds & Ends, Philosophy, religion on Nov 29th, 2007
While I was lathering up in the shower yesterday my thoughts drifted about lazily, a condition no doubt induced by the steamy warmth of the shower spray. Gradually my focus turned to a consideration of secret pleasures many of us enjoy but generally avoid mentioning. Why did such an ordinary activity as [...]
Posted in Memorial, Observations, Philosophy, religion on Nov 6th, 2007
The telephone rang very early this morning. My first assumption regarding the nature of the call was based on past experience: a minor mishap where my wife works had blown itself all out of proportion until it had achieved the status of a category 5 tempest in an over-sized coffee mug and equally inexplicably demanded [...]
Posted in Observations, Odds & Ends, Philosophy, religion on Oct 26th, 2007
Nobel laureate James Watson’s racially biased remarks, which he made during an interview he gave to the Sunday Times in London Oct 14th, while shocking, inflammatory, and scientifically unsubstantiated are disappointing but not altogether surprising. Prejudice, it seems, is not daunted by intelligence or factual data. The famed biologist’s comments underscore an [...]
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Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
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