A friend emailed me yesterday to let me know her cell phone had broken, so I wouldn’t be alarmed if I tried to reach her and got the “out of...

A few days ago I posted about a worth project that I had signed up for: an effort to get 2,996 bloggers — one for each victim of 9/11 — to ...

Jodi Burnett is the woman who was killed last week in Jamul by a reckless, speeding driver. Today, while driving past the spot where she die...

Alika died today, very suddenly and very unexpectedly — he was just over two years old, and had no health problems that we knew of. He was ...

First, from news reports yesterday (various sources): A young man accused of driving a BMW at speeds up to 100 mph before slamming into a pi...

Tip o’the hat to Marsha . Note: I’ve been unable to verify the authenticity of these, but who cares? The Washington Post’s Style invitationa...

Tip o’the hat to Judy: Here’s a quote from a government employee who witnessed a recent interaction between an elderly woman and an antiwar ...

What could be more ordinary and routine than the ritual of brushing your teeth? Folks like me, who can remember vacuum tubes and cars that ...

Passed along by SimonM, and very appropriate for the day… What Is A Vet? Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, ...

Dr. Isaac Asimov is mostly known for his science fiction (think I, Robot and the Foundation trilogy) and the amazing number of non-fiction...

Ben Stein, in his last column for Eonline (in December 2003) said talks who the real heroes are: How Can Someone Who Lives in Insane Luxury...

Last weekend, two friends (Vera and Konstantin) visited us, and while they were here Konstantin took a few pictures. We tried to get our th...

At a recent agility meet where Debbie competed with Mo’i, a photographer ( Terry Curtiss ) captured these images of Mo’i running the course....

R. L. Klika is familiar to many who follow the news in Iraq; many of his photos have been used by news organizations, the military’s PR folk...

A couple of weeks ago we decided to replace our tattered old U.S. flag. We searched on the Internet for a high-quality flag and pole, and w...

A few days ago I blogged about Jodi Burnett’s death at the hands of the reckless, thoughtless, and irresponsible Jonathan Dallo. A couple ...

Tip o’the hat to my mom: It was just announced that Abu Musab al Zarqawi was killed in Iraq by American forces, as most people already know…...

Tip o’the hat to JimM: THREE THINGS TO THINK ABOUT : COWS : Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that our government can track...

Early yesterday morning, Jodi Burnett — a 40 year old wife and mother of five children — was killed in a senseless collision. She was in he...

This coming September 11 will mark the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. A fellow named D. Challener Roe had a wonderful idea: that b...