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Monthly Archives: September 2007

Lunch at Koko’s

The War

The phrase “television worth watching” is almost an oxymoron nowadays, but this week PBS is airing “The War,” a documentary about World War II co-produced by the team of Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.  Last night, I saw the first of the seven installments and that was enough to convince me that it is worth [...]

If you built it I would come

I’ve already given this idea to the on-duty manager of the grocery store where I shop but she probably filed it under looney ideas gleaned from talkative old men in the checkout line and did little or nothing else with it, so I’m offering it to any of my programmer friends who might want to [...]

Off the seat and onto the street

Back on July the 8th, a Saturday morning, I decided it was time for me to stop committing suicide by sitting (TM) and set aside a regular hour during which I would commit to getting some exercise.  I chose walking.  Believing that scheduling a time for the activity might make it more likely I’d [...]

Tag, I’m it

Jerry Pounds has tagged me to participate in the meme that he wrote about yesterday that he called “A Favorites List.“  I received a phone call from him, in which he urged me to answer the same set of questions about myself that he answered, and I agreed.  I don’t go looking for these meme-type [...]

Month Three

Just to update those of you who pay occasional attention to this web site, I’m now back after taking a month off from blogging. Also today marks 90 smoke-free days. With each passing day not smoking my pipe becomes easier, but lest I be complacent, I know that the only thing that matters [...]