Posted in Government, Humor, News, News and Politics, Politics, Site on January 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Since posting about the possibility that cavemen had and used language, my prehistoric friend has come to account for nearly 20% of all the traffic to this blog. With numbers like that the GEICO caveman would have beat Rudy Giuliani in the Florida primary. Not enough to be a serious candidate this time, but I [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Life, News, News and Politics on January 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As posted on BrianKaneOnline, the theatrical performance artists Blue Man Group are being sued by a man who attended a show in Chicago and was the subject chosen for the “Esophagus Cam” stunt. He claims he was traumatized to the point of nightmares, and actually required dental work as a result of having the camera, “covered [...]
Posted in Computers, Entertainment, Humor, Internet, Photography on January 21, 2008 | 6 Comments »
One of ours.
Posted in Health, Health and Wellness, Life, Wellness on January 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There was a time when I smoked. It wasn’t really until I was in basic training with the Army that I smoked; actually, it was when I had washed out of basic training and was waiting for my discharge orders and a flight home. But I became a regular smoker, and stayed that [...]
Posted in Catholic, Christian, Health and Wellness, Life, Religion, Religion and Spirituality, Spirituality, Wellness on January 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Make a habit, break a habit. That’s what I said a couple weeks before New Year’s. Having any luck?
With me it’s pretty much same ol’, same ol’, y’know.
I’ve been a little more conscious of the stress level in my life, and trying not to do things that add to it. Honestly, though, I’m not [...]
Posted in Computers, Computers and Internet, Entertainment, Hobbies, Internet, Music on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As I’ve observed elsewhere, I don’t exactly live on the bleeding edge. That said, I am not new to the world of online music services, whether it’s a radio station streaming live, audio archives of a favorite program, Hearts of Space, StillStream, or MSN Radio (now Pandora). The kids are all on iTunes - so [...]
Posted in Books, Catholic, Christian, Religion, Religion and Spirituality, Spirituality, Writing on January 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Working my way through the works of Thomas Merton more or less consistently over the last several years, I found myself wondering what he sounded like. I knew there was a collection of audio tapes at the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University, but there was nothing I could find on the Internet. Last fall [...]
Posted in Books, Computers and Internet, Cooking, Drink, Entertainment, Food, Food and Drink, Hobbies, Internet on January 13, 2008 | 6 Comments »
For almost ten years Mark Bittman has been writing for The New York Times as “The Minimalist.” Though I have been a regular (mostly online) reader of the Times for a while now, it’s only recently that I have really paid any attention to his writing and online video. (Never let it be [...]
Posted in Books, Catholic, Entertainment, Health and Wellness, Hobbies, Life, Motorcycles, Music, Photography, Religion and Spirituality, Spirituality, Wellness, Writing on January 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In my previous post I intended to talk a little more about the sometimes jarring experience of returning to work after an extended vacation. Whether two weeks constitutes an “extended vacation” is, of course, debatable, but let’s just stipulate to that, okay?
During vacation I was able to do more of the things that make me [...]
Posted in Life on January 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Back to work today. This was the first time I had taken two solid weeks off from work since… since… umm, 2001? It was 1996 before that. At this rate I shouldn’t take two weeks of vacation together now until 2015. Eesh.
