Lately I’ve been having too much fun on Facebook. This site was developed for college kids and then subsequently opened up to everyone…which really just meant geeky early-adopters. But something magical happened for me in the past few months. Suddenly friends from high school started arriving. Then my 20th high school reunion happened and I [...]
Archive for 2008
How I’m Voting and Why
October 26th, 2008
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I thought it might be interesting to run down how I plan to vote next month. Most of the time, it’s pretty easy to decide which way to vote. I think the government, local through federal, ought to keep away from providing welfare and entertainment and stick to law enforcement and defense. The candidates in [...]
Love Rediscovered
October 21st, 2008
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This past weekend, the Alhambra Senior High Class of 1988 reunited to celebrate our 20th anniversary. It was a mind-blowing experience. Fellow classmate Theresa wrote a great personal account of Saturday’s party that captures the experience perfectly. For me, the most intense and immediate emotion I felt all weekend was something like sensory overload. My [...]
BusinessWeek Calls Our Economy “Kapitalism”
October 19th, 2008
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The latest issue of BusinessWeek, a national periodical, is titled “The Future of Kapitalism” and features Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson in a post reminiscent of Vladimir Lenin. Wikipedia suggests the technique of replacing C with K in names started with the Yippies, but I remember it as a common tactic in punk rock for arguing [...]
So Long, Old Pal!
September 29th, 2008
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Last week I took my dog to the vet for the last time. He and I made that trip many times over his life, more often in the past year. This time, I was pretty sure that he wouldn’t be coming home with me because he was so sick. He struggled with sores on his [...]
