Such a Long Long Time to be Gone

and a short time to be there. (Box of Rain) In honor and memory of Laurina Cipra, who passed away one year ago today. She still lives on in the hearts of her … Read more

Planted Tank March 2016

Spring Cleanup

Over the weekend I updated my installation of movabletype to the latest release, 2.63. It went without a hitch, and all seems to be working well. Once I was working on the site … Read more

English San^H^H^H W/Out French

The Christian Science Monitor takes a hilarous look at just how hard it would be to excise all traces of French from our everyday conversations. Here’s a snip from the article: “To which … Read more

Here, Here, and Here

It seems that there isn’t a topic or concept that isn’t represented on the web. That’s a good thing; a technological ark in some ways, it seems to me. Here’s the latest such … Read more

Freedom Loving Americans

I was in my local Tower Books yesterday, and was struck by something I saw there. Like many bookstores, they had a small table with a variety of books on display. What caught … Read more

Nothing to do with War … ?

Well, at least not directly. Though when one considers how seriously card playing is taken by some folks, you might wonder. But this is more just for fun. Seems Bob Lancaster has undertaken … Read more

We’re Sorry That We’re Sorry

from my daughter An apology from Rick Mercer, from This Hour Has 22 Minutes, to the USA…… I’m sorry we called George Bush a moron. He is a moron but, it wasn’t nice … Read more