I needed a word today. I fished around that musty brain attic of mine, and could find none that were appropriate. So I coined one. “Embafflement.” Embafflement is the feeling of oncoming confusion. Embafflement is the sense that the more you know, the less you understand. Why did I need the word embafflement? Well… IContinue reading “On Today’s New Word”
Monthly Archives: April 2010
On Baseball Excitement
Watching last night’s Cubs :cubs: game, this is how I felt: I’ve always said Charlie Brown was a Chicago Cubs fan, after all… 😉 It wasn’t just that Theodore Roosevelt Lilly (or as I saw him called on Bleed Cubbie Blue today, Maximus Tedimus Meridius) was back on the mound and threw shutout ball againstContinue reading “On Baseball Excitement”
On Opera and E-Mail Consternation
When it comes to the Internet, there’s only one browser for me. Opera. Yes, there are other, more popular options. Firefox. Chrome. Safari. Even Internet Explorer. But it’s Opera that I like. It works for me. It’s fast and it’s slick and it’s a power user’s browser. For the longest time, I was using OperaContinue reading “On Opera and E-Mail Consternation”
On South Park, the Prophet Muhammad, and Censorship
This, to the left, is the Prophet Muhammad. He appeared in the 2001 episode of South Park, “Super Best Friends.” He could shoot fire from his hands, and he battled evil alongside fellow religious icons Buddha, Krishna, and Joseph Smith. This, to the right, is also the Prophet Muhammad. He’s wearing a bear suit, likeContinue reading “On South Park, the Prophet Muhammad, and Censorship”
On Unfinished Tales
When last we met, slightly more than a week ago, I was ruminating on the worthy idea that Hillary Clinton would make an excellent Supreme Court justice. And, it turns out, Bill Clinton thinks the same, though he admits that it won’t happen. This is the longest I’ve gone without blogging in three years. ItContinue reading “On Unfinished Tales”
On Supreme Court Nominations
Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is stepping down. Who should President Obama replace him with? It’s guaranteed that whomever he nominates will be in for a difficult time in the Senate. A year and a half ago I suggested Hillary Clinton as a likely Supreme Court nominee from President Obama. I think the reasonsContinue reading “On Supreme Court Nominations”
On Drabble Writing
On occasion, I write drabbles. A drabble is a particularly unforgiving form a fiction. One hundred words. No more. No less. I’ve written sentences that barely get going at fifty words; a story at twice that length must surely be impossible! I began writing drabbles because of, for all things, Strange New Worlds, the StarContinue reading “On Drabble Writing”
On a Books & Reading Meme
Because I can, a meme about books! 1) What author do you own the most books by? Either Philip K. Dick or Larry Niven, with Ernest Hemingway close behind. 2) What book do you own the most copies of? More than likely, it’s Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Other contenders? TheContinue reading “On a Books & Reading Meme”
On The Stalwart Companions
Long time Allynologists know two things. 1) I am a Sherlock Holmes student/fan/scholar. 2) I am a Teddy Roosevelt Republican. Over the weekend, I bought a book that brought the two together — H. Paul Jeffers’ The Stalwart Companions. Originally published in the late-1970s, The Stalwart Companions is an hitherto untold Sherlock Holmes tale thatContinue reading “On The Stalwart Companions”
On Allyn’s “The Eleventh Hour” Thoughts
This isn’t a review of Doctor Who‘s “The Eleventh Hour,” per se, which debuted on BBC1 over the wekeend. I am, honestly, still processing it. Running it in the background, so to speak. What this is, however, is collection of things I’ve written elsewhere, in response to others, about the episode, which serves as aContinue reading “On Allyn’s “The Eleventh Hour” Thoughts”