Road trip. Friday. Me and my dad, on the way to Baltimore. It’s a long trip from Raleigh to Baltimore. Six hours, under the best of conditions. The roads, at least from Raleigh to Richmond — half-way there — are desolate stretches of the American landscape. Boredom inducing. I took two Doctor Who audios forContinue reading “On Shada”
Monthly Archives: August 2005
On an Emergency Road Trip II
Back from Baltimore within the past half-hour. I’m tired–it’s a long drive, and traffic was terrible on US-301 leading up to the bridge over the Potomac. It’s not been a good day. The kittens are fine. They seem a little needy, and I can understand that. They’re curious about my grandmother, though–she doesn’t like them,Continue reading “On an Emergency Road Trip II”
On an Emergency Road Trip
Checking out for a few days, until Sunday. I need to make a trip to Baltimore, visit the grandmother. Until I return, play nice, admire the new digs, and think happy thoughts. 🙂 Out.
On Iraq and the No-Win Scenario
There’s not really an argument here, more of a statment—Is Iraq our own Kobayashi Maru? Iraq is fast becoming the Kobayashi Maru for the United States. If we stay, suicide terrorism will continue to rise. If we go, the civil war is practically inevitable. On the surface this Kobayashi Maru framework for Iraq seems toContinue reading “On Iraq and the No-Win Scenario”
On Rockstar, Grand Theft Auto, and Bully
Every day at the store I have customers asking whether or not I have Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in stock. Monday I fielded a phone call–the guy wanted to buy ten copies of the XBox version of the game for a quick turnaround on eBay, he said. Unfortunately, since every other retailer on theContinue reading “On Rockstar, Grand Theft Auto, and Bully”
On Monsoon Season
Why must it be monsoon season in North Carolina? Every day rain. Heavy rain. Thunder and lightning. And then, with the snap of fingers, it’s over. The sky clears off, takes on a lovely hue, and you’d never even know that we’d been dumped on for two or three inches of hard rain. I hateContinue reading “On Monsoon Season”
On Peter Jennings
Peter Jennings, anchor for ABC’s World News Tonight, died on Sunday. He was 67. Jennings had left the World News Tonight program in April with the announcement that he was fighting lung cancer. I always admired the quiet professionalism Jennings showed. He will be missed.
On Carbon Leaf
Last night Carbon Leaf played a free concert in downtown Raleigh as part of 96 Rock’s FreeFest. When I was a student at the University of Richmond Carbon Leaf would play the Cellar, the campus bar, about once a month. The Cellar was little more than a hole in the wall — very tiny venueContinue reading “On Carbon Leaf”
On Letter Writing
I’m trying to figure out when I became such a letter writer. I’ve sent letters to my Senators. I’ve sent a letter to my Representative. I’ve also written to my state representatives–on a measure allowing higher alcohol content beers to be sold in North Carolina and about a measure to raise the sales tax onContinue reading “On Letter Writing”
On Synchonicity
Last night I wanted to watch a movie. But what? I looked through the DVDs, and settled on A Hard Day’s Night. See, I’ve been thinking about making some changes to the website–maybe it’s time for a Yellow Submarine theme–so I was in a Beatles mood. Guess what? I wrote this, a year ago today:Continue reading “On Synchonicity”