"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." —Mark Twain
Is that anything like Monday morning quarterbacking? No, I guess not. We take different routes on our Saturday morning Trail Trash rides. One of our favorites is to ride a little-used bike path from the air base to downtown Tucson, stop for coffee at a sidewalk cafe on 4th Avenue, then reverse course back to […]
Here’s what I wrote on my Facebook status bar yesterday: “Paul is uncomfortable about the upcoming presidential candidates’ debate, and he doesn’t quite know why.” An American friend who is following the campaign from her distant home in Australia wanted to know whether I had some sort of awful premonition. No, I responded, I didn’t. […]
My sister Sue mailed a batch of old photos and I’ve been in a scanning frenzy. Some highlights (click the thumbnails for full size images):
At my house, Sunday morning is web-surfing morning. A lot of bloggers pad their content by linking to interesting items they see on others’ blogs. I try not to do that, but sometimes the urge is stronger than I am. And God knows, you probably wouldn’t be caught dead on the sites I surf, which […]
Over the past two weeks, I’ve had all the fear and anxiety I can handle. It’s time to seek a little comfort. We normally ride bicycles on Saturday morning with our Trail Trash group. Today Donna stayed home, for the very good reason that there’s much to be done after last week’s California trip. Other […]
Last week we went to our Goddaughter Natasha’s wedding in San Jose, California. Donna left on Tuesday to visit aunts, uncles, and cousins in the Bay Area; I flew in Thursday afternoon, the day before the wedding; we flew home together Sunday. Natasha is the daughter of probably our oldest friend, Trish, who we met […]
I plan to retire at the end of the month and go on Social Security. This morning my financial advisor suggested I put off retirement until the economy recovers. My first thought? If I don’t go on Social Security now — now as in before the end of this year if not sooner — Social […]
. . . the more I think the bailout bill was about buying time for the Bush/Cheney administration. Time for them to finish their terms and run off to Dubai before everything collapses. Oh, sure, it was about making the rich richer . . . with these guys it’s always about that (and, it turns […]