Sir, the worst way of being intimate, is by scribbling. –Dr. Johnson
Posted in Observations, Philosophy, Politics, religion on Apr 6th, 2009
Without equivocation I voted for Barack Obama and haven’t regretted that decision for a second; however, I do feel that the president has allowed himself to be drawn into a political quagmire with regard to his policy toward Afghanistan where our latest course of action involves an expansion of US military presence with precious little [...]
Posted in Fun, Observations, Odds & Ends, Philosophy on Mar 22nd, 2009
About once or twice a year, usually following a particularly heavy rainfall, we are visited with willowy veins of ants whose periodic precision invades our bathroom. It may be coincidence that the darkening lines of insects grow in response to the scouting dance of the lead ants but information of some kind is conveyed in [...]
Posted in Observations, Philosophy on Jan 8th, 2009
Just the other day I was casting about for another book to read and happened to stumble on S. by John Updike, a book I had no recollection of buying. I hadn’t read anything that Updike had written for decades and what I had read most recently was probably criticism rather than fiction. While the [...]
Posted in Observations, Odds & Ends, Philosophy, religion on Dec 19th, 2008
As I was taking a walk in the park the other day, I noticed most of the oaks trees which often stubbornly resist dropping their leaves until spring had surrendered nearly all of their fall adornments. The effects of wind and rain from a previous day were visible both on and off the walking paths. [...]
Posted in Fraud, Observations, Philosophy on Nov 26th, 2008
I’ve been mulling over whether or not I should relate a personal saga which approaches the proportion and utter silliness of a Monty Python skit. Names have been changed to protect the myopic and foolish. Any resemblance to real people is purely accidental as any such creations would require the combined skills and [...]
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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