January 2009

Uh-oh.

January 29, 2009

Yes, there’s more substantive material out there to write about, but that thar’s a window our brand-spanking-new President is attempting to walk through. I like the excuse the author of this article makes for President Obama.

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ATTN Captain Patton.

January 25, 2009

My friend Captain Brian E. Patton is getting married in Phoenix in March. The good news is that it’s during my spring break. The bad news is that it’s at the very beginning of spring break, which means that I can’t drive to Phoenix—I’d miss too much work. That means I’ll have to fly out [...]

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Go Steelers.

January 18, 2009

Most years, I stop caring who wins, or even gets to, the Super Bowl after my beloved Bears and the much-despised Packers have been eliminated. I just root for good games. Today is different. I need the Steelers to win. I have no emotional attachment to the Steelers or the city of Pittsburgh. I have no [...]

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How to Make Everything Perfect Forever, Part Two.

January 11, 2009

In my unceasing effort to make the world a much better place, I hereby offer the following: Say your senator gets elected President or nominated to be Secretary of State. How do you replace him? Or her? Either you have a special election or, more commonly, your state’s governor chooses the replacement. But what if [...]

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Resolutions for 2009.

January 4, 2009

Happy New Year! Time once again for new resolutions and renewed resolve. I kept 8 of my 12 resolutions from aught-seven, let’s see how I did in aught-eight: 1. I shall drink more water and milk, and less soda, pop, and sweet tea. Kept, but once again, I need to go for a bigger margin between [...]

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