One of the Rush groups on Facebook had an interesting question: "What is Rush' signature song?" Naturally, I couldn't just comment on the thread and say "Dog Years, obviously" - I had to write something up. So here it is.…
Year: 2017
2017 has been an interesting year for me. It's been a hard year, a difficult year indeed. There have been some challenges that I have not been able to meet head-on yet; there have been choices and events that have…
The Republican Party has decided to back Roy Moore for Congress in Alabama. I am very conflicted by this, for a few different reasons. I'm conflicted because I can understand why the support has been granted - in a few…
This is a post of liner notes, sort of, about "Two Wishes," a story I posted a couple of months ago. I normally enjoy such author's notes myself, but I also understand that they sometimes erode what magic a story…
A few weeks ago, I started a Java-oriented podcast. It's not actually solely my content - it's actually based on user-submitted data from an channel on the Freenode IRC network. If you're wondering, IRC is what Slack and Hipchat were…
I was thinking fairly shallow thoughts about perception this morning, in the context of an old friend and how our relationship has changed over the years, and a pattern occurred to me about how I see people. I see individuals…
Disappointed that FSU lost against Alabama. Alabama played a good game, and FSU obviously struggled mightily on special teams - shades of the nightmares of the 80s there. I hope Deondre Francois is okay - and I also hope ALL…
I'm not a journalist; I've never taken journalism classes. I'm sure there's a world of journalism out there about which I am completely ignorant. But if I had one piece of advice for journalists, it would be this: please avoid…
I really do think Trump is working hard to become my favorite President — his position is solidifying every day. This august position used to be Bill Clinton’s. Bill snatched it from such luminaries as Washington and Lincoln, something made possible only…
I have lived two lives. In my first life, when I was old, I wandered through a shop of antiques looking for a lampstand. My cat had finally knocked over my wife's light; it was a gift for her from…