"No matter how cynical I get, I can’t keep up.” — Lily Tomlin
On last night’s loss of Air France Flight 447 in the Atlantic Ocean, it’s simply too early to speculate on what might have happened. If the aircraft is never found, speculation might be all we’ll ever get. It took more than a year to find Steve Fossett’s crash site, even though searchers had the area […]
It’s Memorial Day. My father died on this day, two years ago. Some time after his death I posted a letter of his to this blog. The letter was about his WWII service as a US Navy Armed Guard gunner aboard the MS Chester Sun, a civilian tanker. Just today, I received an email from […]
Some after-action reportage from our Las Vegas visit, this time with photos: My son Gregory arranged for us to ride a couple of BMW motorcycles Saturday morning. We checked out a dual-sport R1200GS and an R1200RT touring bike. Both were 2008 models with low mileage. We rode north from Las Vegas to Mount Charleston, skirting […]
Some family photos from our recent trip to see the kids in Las Vegas: How long will it be before Donna and I move back to Sin City? Our kids are studiously avoiding the question!
When we were loading the car for our Las Vegas trip last Thursday morning, I asked Schatzi if she was ready to go (we’d always planned to bring her along, but hadn’t told her until then). She perked up, ran outside, relieved herself, and jumped into the car. Throughout two all-day drives, throughout four days […]
Last day in Las Vegas NV . . . we drove here Thursday to spend the long weekend with our kids and grandkids. We’ll drive home tomorrow. It’s been a great weekend so far. My son Gregory managed to borrow a couple of BMW motorcycles and we went riding up in the mountains. The next […]
“Never judge a book by its movie.” —J.W. Eagan Body of Lies (2008) Did you enjoy watching Bruce Willis bleed in the Die Hard movies? Then you’ll love Leonardo DiCaprio in Body of Lies: he suffers enough to satisfy the most hardened CIA enhanced interrogator. The real hoot is Russell Crowe as a slobby middle-aged […]
“Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.” — P.J. O’Rourke The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Volume !: The Pox Party, by M.T. Anderson An astonishingly rich historical novel, right up there with the Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian. I am […]