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 [...]
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 [...]
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 notice [...]
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 [...]
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 is not [...]
As I mentioned on July 6th, I gave up smoking my pipe on June 6th, so today marks 60 days of success at stopping smoking. Strangely it hasn’t been that difficult so far. Yet I don’t take the success in these 60 days as a done deal. Like so many other things, I must continue to succeed each day, [...]
On June the sixth, I had my semi-annual appointment to get my teeth cleaned, and I dreaded the usual but familiar difficulty associated with removing the stains from my teeth that smoking a pipe causes. So the night before, I tossed out my pipes and decided that the night of the fifth of June would be [...]
My sons and their families gave me gift certificates for Father’s Day this year. One of them chose a gift certificate from Home Depot and the other chose one from Amazon.com. I appreciated both of them, of course, and will try to find something that I’d like to have from there. This morning I “spent” [...]
Paul sent me an article this afternoon from The New Republic titled, “From Whittaker Chambers to George W. Bush. The End of the Journey” by Sam Tanenhaus. It was long and interesting and educational. As I read it though, I was reminded why I like reading things online, about which I’ve written before here. Normally if [...]
This morning I decided to look at what the manufacturer (Post) recommends as a serving size for a bowl of the cereal I eat. ‘Tain’t much folks. A half cup of cereal together with a half cup of milk is supposed to get you off on the right foot for the day, and to power your [...]