Dear Jason, We haven’t talked in a long time. Almost seven years, not since you asked what I knew about eBay scams and how your father had been taken in by one on a camper. We talked about that and Sophia Myles and how The Project was progressing, and then the conversation drew to aContinue reading “To Jason, On His Thirty-Fifth Birthday”
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Snow On Snow
Yesterday we had another winter storm in Pennsylvania. I think it was the fifteenth or sixteenth just since Christmas. I exaggerate. But that’s how it feels. Snow on snow. Like from the song, “In the Bleak Midwinter.” Yesterday’s storm was another Polar Vortex, and unlike the first, which was merely bonechillingly cold, this one broughtContinue reading “Snow On Snow”
A Christmas Message for 2013
Some thoughts for the day. These aren’t scripted; as I’m making this up off the top of my head, I’m not entirely sure what I’m going to say. 🙂 As many of you know, I’m not religious. Christmas holds no spiritual meaning for me. As a mythicist, I even doubt that the events Christians celebrateContinue reading “A Christmas Message for 2013”
On an Unwanted Credit Card Application
I received a credit card offer in the mail yesterday. I receive these from time to time. I’ll open the letters, read them, study the terms, and then recycle them. It’s a good system, it serves me well. Today, though, I responded to one. It’s for an offer from CreditOne Bank. The terms were rediculous.Continue reading “On an Unwanted Credit Card Application”
On the New Volkswagen Super Bowl Commercial
At work last week, one of my coworkers asked me why I drive a Volkswagen Beetle. Frankly, it makes me happy. While I have one of the older Beetles — the flat dashboard, the in-dash flower vase — this year’s VW Super Bowl commercial captures exactly the feeling I get from driving a Beetle: AndContinue reading “On the New Volkswagen Super Bowl Commercial”
On Momentousness
Oh, look at that. A new year’s begun, I’ve barely noted it, and the first month is already half gone. Hopefully the rest of the year won’t pass by in such a whirl. 🙂 This year will be momentous. I can feel it, and I’m already making plans. I intend to write more. I’ve alreadyContinue reading “On Momentousness”
On Christmas Day
A few people have noticed that, sacre bleu, I changed my blog’s theme. It’s festive. There’s an Elf in the header. I made the change a few weeks ago. It’s just for the holidays, and after the New Year I’ll change it back. I’ve put up Christmas themes in the past, and this year IContinue reading “On Christmas Day”
On Offensive Driving
In high school, in Driver’s Ed, they taught us “defensive driving.” I remember one of my classmates making a joke, “But what about offensive driving?” Or maybe that’s not a memory and just an obvious retort that should be made. In any case, tonight I witnessed firsthand a case of offensive driving. I needed toContinue reading “On Offensive Driving”
On the Angel Tree Package
I mentioned a few days ago that I was putting together an Angel Tree package at the office. I talked about that here. Tonight I finished wrapping the thing, and tomorrow I’m going to take it to the office. MY work will be done. The tag I picked off the tree was for a sevenContinue reading “On the Angel Tree Package”
On Receiving Fundraising Appeals
This afternoon I went through a stack of fundraising appeals I’ve received in the mail in the last month. When I go through my mail, if it’s obviously a fundraiser from someone that I’ve not given money to in the past, the envelope goes unopened in a pile until the pile is twenty pieces highContinue reading “On Receiving Fundraising Appeals”