Years ago I lived in Amish country, a little east of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. There were some Amish farms on my road, and there were kids in the neighborhood. As Halloween approached, I felt a bit giddy inside — there were kids in the neighborhood! Halloween! Amish kids! Halloween! I’d never really lived anywhere that trick-or-treatingContinue reading “On Halloweens Past”
Monthly Archives: October 2007
On Boy Scouts and Bigotry
It’s hard to feel bad for the Boy Scouts. They’ve brought their troubles upon themselves. They discriminate against atheists — I myself would not be welcome in their company. They discriminate against homosexuals. The Supreme Court said, “Boy Scouts, you can discriminate! You’re a private organization!” a few years ago. Congress reaffirmed that with aContinue reading “On Boy Scouts and Bigotry”
On More Writing Insights
I was at the local Hallmark store today. I walked past it, on my way to the grocery store on my lunch break, and something in the window must’ve caught my eye. And so, I found myself looking at Christmas ornaments and Barry Manilow CDs. I didn’t buy anything. I saw a half dozen ornamentsContinue reading “On More Writing Insights”
On “Now and Then”
A week ago I came across this on a Beatles blog I read occasionally — someone has done a video for the John Lennon demo of “Now and Then,” the song the surviving Beatles worked on in the 1990s and left unfinished. The version of the song in the video is intriguing. It’s a decentContinue reading “On “Now and Then””
On Laundry
The rain storms broke Saturday morning. I had laundry to do, but I didn’t do it Saturday. Instead, I did it this morning. And I hung it out on the clothesline. It wasn’t warm today — mid-50s — but it was bright and it was clear. Perfect drying weather. Laundry done on the line justContinue reading “On Laundry”
On Needed LEGOs
I’ve noticed some interesting — and similar — search phrases in the logs recently. Phrases such as: LEGO Sarah Jane LEGO Doctor Who LEGO Daleks LEGO Doctor Who video game Yes, there are people out there wanting information on LEGO Doctor Who products. LEGO Doctor Who! There are LEGO Star Wars sets. LEGO Batman sets.Continue reading “On Needed LEGOs”
On Some New Changes
The Stonehenge theme was always a short-term solution. I knew that WordPress 2.3 was coming. I knew it was adding tagging to the core. And I knew that meant changes under the hood to the way WordPress themes worked. I remember the upgrade to 2.1. Oh, do I remember the upgrade to WordPress 2.1. SoContinue reading “On Some New Changes”
On the New Superman
I read a report out of Hollywood yesterday that the casting of Superman for the Justice League film may have be decided. Rupert Evans. I’ll be honest. The first time I read that, I misread it at “Rupert Everett.” And, I can safely say, I absolutely did not see Rupert Everett as the Man ofContinue reading “On the New Superman”
On Spammers and Scammers
This evening I made an intriguing discovery. A post I had made — on my favorite short story, “Lean Times in Lankhmar” — has been “scraped.” What that means is this. Someone else has taken that post, and published it on a blog. Specifically, a blog about making money. Sometimes called a “splog,” short forContinue reading “On Spammers and Scammers”
On Having Seen the Rain
I’ve put some John Fogerty in the CD player this morning. Why? Because it’s raining, that’s why! It’s been so sodding dry since August it’s not amusing. The reservoir, when I went out to Eldersburg over the weekend, had fallen drastically. The Baltimore Sun showed an aerial picture of the reservoir in the paper justContinue reading “On Having Seen the Rain”