The other day CJ responded to this question: What have you learned from someone you don’t like? I rather liked the question and it got me to thinking. Not very hard, of course, but right off the bat I came up with a couple things. Back when I was living in State College, I worked … Continue reading Learning from Anyone
Florida Threatens Catholic Schools
Oh, no! Don’t tell me that I’m on the side of the Catholic bishops?! According to Letters from Leo: Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent a letter Friday to the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops demanding that the state’s Catholic schools grant religious exemptions from vaccination — exemptions the Church’s own moral theology says it … Continue reading Florida Threatens Catholic Schools
A Gadget That Mostly Works
I was over at Fante’s looking for something else, when I spied this thing. It purported to be a 3-in-1 Avocado Slicer. As if I needed one. But wait. I eat about five avocados a week, and I’m always worried that when I cut into one with my sharp knife I might slice my hand … Continue reading A Gadget That Mostly Works
Dial a What?
Here’s a Bob Newhart routine from 1969, you know, when Richard Nixon was president and Spiro Agnew was vice-president. The video is labelled “Dial an Atheist” but that’s misleading. That’s from the opening banter that Bob uses to get into the routine.
Demolition
They’re finally getting around to tearing down the other Rite Aid building near me that closed down last year. Why it needs to be torn down, I don’t know, as it seems perfectly fine to me. I’m sure it could easily be repurposed and renovated. I would hate to be living in that neighborhood. Especially … Continue reading Demolition
Mint
My spearmint has been growing like crazy, far faster than I can use it. I brought some inside, put it into water, and it rooted. So I’ve planted a couple sprigs—one in the back window upstairs— —and one in the front window downstairs. So I might have mint all winter long. Provided it doesn’t overrun … Continue reading Mint
Day to Day Living
Meanwhile, back at 737 Southgate Drive in 1970, the day to day living arrangements were going reasonably well. Carl and I—or at least I, perhaps Perry eventually told Carl—never did find out why Perry hadn’t wanted Terry as the fourth roommate, and the two of them seemed to get along fine, so there were no … Continue reading Day to Day Living
The Living Doll
As a reminder, in the Boston Legal television show William Shatner played Denny Crane, James Spader played Alan Shore, and Candice Bergen played Shirley Schmidt. Now watch this video and I’ll explain why afterwards. That’s from the episode entitled “Can't We All Get a Lung?” There’s a reason that that particular sequence came to my mind, … Continue reading The Living Doll
Åse’s Death
Coincidences seem to happen to me all the time. Case in point: A few nights ago I was watching a video of an orchestra playing Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite, but I got distracted and looked something up on the internet and lost track of time until the final piece, “In the Hall of the Mountain … Continue reading Åse’s Death
The Dink
I’ve been hearing about pickleball for several years now, though I had no idea what it was. A sport? A game? I was pretty sure it nothing to do with the culinary arts. Then a few days ago Jonathan Moya gave a positive review to the new Apple TV movie The Dink, and as it … Continue reading The Dink