"The Difficulty of Crossing a Field" by Ambrose Bierce |
The guy on the radio mentioned below (Coast to Coast Am, of course) went on to mention a news story, The Difficulty of Crossing a Field, written by Ambrose Bierce called which describes how a ma...
Posted by Ruben on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:39:00 PST |
Keep Moving Forward! |
Ah, once again, I slept through primetime and, this time, the talk shows as well. I guess I really did have quite a sleep deficit going there. This will probably be rather random....Today I think I fi...
Posted by Ruben on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:04:00 PST |
Brenda Shaughnessys "Human Dark with Sugar" |
Today I was going to work in the garden, take an extra long walk with my dog, and start doing yoga. Uh, but I started watching the Cardinals-Red Sox game, which ended up being a really great game, 13 ...
Posted by Ruben on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:11:00 PST |
Georgia Peaches, Carolina Fires |
If you haven't had a Georgia peach lately, I would say they are in peak season flavor! I'm not really even a big fan of peaches, but I've had some from Georgia lately that were about the best fruit I'...
Posted by Ruben on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:31:00 PST |
I think that maybe by being an A student, baby... |
I had a couple of lengthy, thoughtful responses to a blog I wrote about Daniel H. Pink's The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need, so I thought I'd respond to them in ano...
Posted by Ruben on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:53:00 PST |
Jean Toomer and the Gaia Theory |
Last night on Coast to Coast AM, the host, Ian Punnett, asked people who were in areas afflicted with extreme weather to call in about it. As it happened, the first caller was from Virginia Beach, and...
Posted by Ruben on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:25:00 PST |
Nick Griffin, brilliant comedian |
Getting ready for Craig Ferguson, I caught the tail end of Letterman tonight. He had a brilliant comedian I don't think I've ever heard of, although I may have seen him before: Nick Griffin. This is w...
Posted by Ruben on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:21:00 PST |
Orbital Sciences to resupply the International Space Station with launches from Virginia |
Orbital Sciences, a Northern Virginia company (I own no stock--wish I'd bought it in 2002...), is making Virginia a key player in the space program. Built in Virginia, the company's Taurus II Medium-L...
Posted by Ruben on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:25:00 PST |
Isaac Newton / Darfur / Art in L.A. |
The winds picked up again, and the forest fire down in North Carolina has now covered over 50,000 acres. The impact here, while not the worst I've ever seen, is the worst so far this year. I can smell...
Posted by Ruben on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:59:00 PST |
Pink High Heels & Carolina Fires |
The Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier has returned to Hampton Roads, and sailors in their whites lined up along its edges at attention, while scouting out the pier for their wives or lovers, a recurren...
Posted by Ruben on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:24:00 PST |
