Posted in Family, Politics, Thoughts on May 11th, 2008 1 Comment »
Mother’s Day is our annual opportunity to honor our mothers. For me that usually includes a card, flowers or some other gift along with a phone call to mom to tell her that I love and miss her. I’ve gotten relatively reliable with these things of late, though in many past years I’ve honored my [...]
Posted in Politics, Thoughts on Sep 7th, 2006 No Comments »
A few weeks ago I wrote to you about my adventures in travel while escaping the panic that was London after the terror scare. Consider this the postscript. I’m composing this on my BlackBerry from the back seat of a taxi in Toronto. This is the first time I’ve traveled since London. That return trip [...]
Posted in Politics, Thoughts on Aug 19th, 2006 1 Comment »
The other day I was reading an article in American Way, the corporate magazine that American Airlines stuffs into the little pouch on the back of the seat to numb your brain while they delay your flight. Anyway, it was a personal finance article talking about little quips of wisdom that some seemingly randomly chosen [...]
Posted in Politics, Thoughts on Aug 10th, 2006 5 Comments »
I’ve just passed through the Chunnel. Two other trains recently passed going the other direction on the neighbor track at such relative speed that I could only make out streaks of speed and sound. I’m writing this on the Eurostar train on my way from London to Brussels. My laptop is being fed by electricity [...]
Posted in Politics, Thoughts on Mar 29th, 2006 4 Comments »
We’re at the Alamo today as part of our family vacation. The Alamo was both a Catholic mission and a military outpost. I find it fascinating that the Spanish combined religious fervor with military might to accomplish their expansionist foreign policy. Novel. And now here’s a picture of two lovely ladies with lettuce covering their [...]