I had a dream last night that I was on a large ship in outer space. For some reason, we couldn’t get back to Earth, and there was only a month’s oxygen or so remaining. I remember feeling a little nervous about that, but mainly, it didn’t bother me too much because just being out…
I am heading up to New York this weekend to spend the weekend with Norm and Vicky, who apparently have all sorts of exciting things planned (pizza at Martios, some kind of concert on Saturday night, some geocaching, etc.) Even though it’s only Wednesday, I’m already getting antsy about the week being over and I…
As I mentioned earlier, we had our first softball game tonight and we lost; the final score was 22-16, but it was dark in the last inning and we probably shouldn’t have played it. We still would have lost but the final score would have been 17-14. Still, it was fun. I went 3 for…
I’m about to head out to our first softball game of the season, and the first game for which I am co-captain of the team. We are playing Senator Dole’s delegation up by Catholic University, where they have their own field. I think we’ll have a pretty good turnout and it should be fun. I’ve…
I started reading Buzz Bissinger’s book 3 Nights In August at lunch today and I noticed that the book has a preface, a foreword, and a prologue. I’ve seen this on one or two occasions in the past, but today it made me wonder two things: 1. What is the difference between a preface and…
A couple of months ago, Vicky suggested that I should include something in my blog that describes the people that I refer to, especially for people who don’t know who I am talking about. To that end, you’ll notice a new link on the side bar called “Cast of Characters”. This page describes the more…
It is, by now, a well-known fact that I don’t beleive in the supernatural at all. I don’t believe in ghosts because I don’ t believe in life after death. I am, I suppose, a Jewish atheist, which means I get to feel guilty about being an atheist. In any event, if I did believe…
I wasn’t feeling well last night and so I took a sick day today. I slept in late (until 10 AM, which is very late for me these days) and I felt a little better when I woke up. I have mixed feelings about sick days. On the one hand, I think it’s important that…
I keep reading (and hearing) in the news that the government did nothing illegal when requesting phone records, and other sort of spying on Americans. That is probably true, and while I don’t have evidence for it, I’ll take that at face value. Because to me, that’s not the point. There are lots of things…
I finished George Burns’ Living It Up less than 24 hours after I started it. It is quite possibly the funniest book I’ve ever read. I think I didn’t laugh on page 109, but on every other page in the book, I was nearly in tears. This is not hyperbole. This morning I took my…
As most political scientists, or anyone with common sense for that matter, knows, freedom and security are opposing forces. The freer a nation, the less secure; the more secure, the less free. Finding the balance is not always easy. A balance is important, but when that balance starts to tip the scales against what freedom…