"When I do not want to say things in real life I often say them here." — Mimi Smartypants
Up and at ’em early this morning. A dog to water, feed, and walk, a bicycle to ride, an old friend from Las Vegas showing up in the early afternoon, a party at another friend’s house this evening. But first, a little blogging. Like everyone else, I watched the televised memorial for the victims of […]
I’ve said my piece on Gabrielle Giffords and the Tucson shootings. I’ve said what I believe to be true and laid out the things I’m going to do to help, in my small way, make my country a more civil place. I’ll be watching the Tucson memorial service on TV tonight; with President Obama and […]
I’m getting some hits over two previous posts (Gabrielle Giffords and Political Violence). As is often the case, the criticisms were emailed directly to me rather than left here as blog comments. Which ordinarily would mean you wouldn’t get to see them. It seems a bit like censorship to me, getting reasoned criticism from friends, […]
Two things. One, this post is going to go all over the map because I’m still in shock, angry and incoherent. Two, what I have to say is mostly personal, not meant to be a recap of news you’ve already heard elsewhere. We all know what happened in Tucson this Saturday was political. Politicians and […]