An Adult Voldemort

I know a guy who writes a blog - an excellent blog, for that matter. His name’s Paul, and he recently wrote an article titled “He Who Must Not Be Named.” His observation about those of us who feel no especial respect for the current tenant at 1600 is apt - I went back and looked in my own history (short so far) and realized he’s right. Like many others expressing their political disaffection, I

Every Third Night

What am I doing?

It’s 2 in the morning, and I’m sitting at the computer, playing games. It’s not that I want to be up - certainly not. In fact, I’ve been peacefully asleep earlier … for about 90 minutes.

And then the baby woke up.

There was no discernable reason. Her diaper was wet, but not dripping. Her room wasn’t cold - and she had a warm blanket anyway. The light was very dim. Her

Get Brain

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20041105/od_nm/life_sex_dc

And you thought you’d heard all the euphemisms… and seen the denseness…

The Moral Minority

[There are fanatics on both sides of every issue we face in society today. This editorial isn’t directed or inclusive of these fanatical activists. People who murder because abortion is murder - and people who vandalize and assault because selling SUVs damages the ozone - are outside the scope of the current discussion vis-a-vis the moral majority.]

The topic on everyone’s lips the past few days

How Did You Vote?

Today is November 2, 2004, and it seems as if the only meaningful conversation today has to do with politics. In the United States, it’s Election Day.

Oh yes, we’re electing a President. It is, a number of important personages have said, one of the most important races in presidential history. I’ll forebear on the reasons why, but I have to agree. Why forebear? Well, I don’t mean this to be a

Please Vote

VOTE. For SOMEBODY, but please vote.

I’ll dig the utterly democratic (small d) election process tomorrow, when I’ve got more patience for tradition.

Daylight Savings

I think the name says it all. Daylight Savings? Whatever it is, supposedly it just ended and we are now back on standard time.

Standard time?

Who thought up this stuff?

Yah, I know. World War II. Farmers trying to get all the daylight they could. Etc. Etc.

I don’t care, I still don’t get it. If a farmer wanted an extra hour of daylight to plant his crops, perhaps (a novel idea, I know) he