Do you know what one of the best parts of my day is? My daughter says “Yippee!” In fact, she says it a lot. “We’re going to the store.” “Yippee!” “Here’s your milk.” “Yippeee!” “Let’s go walk to school.” “Yippee!” No big deal, just tosses it into the conversation and then skips along her merry […]
I have several ideas for longer posts marinating in my head, and a to-do list that ain’t getting any shorter. My sleep cycle has gotten totally thrown off track and I start teaching again in less than a week. There is a full case of Snapple and a full 2-liter bottle of Coke upstairs in […]
Spent five hours yesterday smoking beef brisket, my first really elaborate outdoor cooking of the year. There’s something aggravating yet satisfying about feeding another three or four briquettes into the grill every half hour or so to keep the temperature in low 200s. Of course, in the process, I wind up smelling thoroughly like smoked […]
I’ve started prepping for a course in Moral Philosophy I’ll be teaching this summer, and I decided to include a hefty chunk of Plato’s Republic. I’ve mentioned this before, but the Republic is the first major work I studied in my first college philosophy course, and it also the first major work I covered in […]
Along with some nifty cards and a DVD, Pattie and Alex got me a T-shirt that reads “I Fought the Lawn and the Lawn Won.” I have been happily wearing this shirt all day and occasionally breaking into song with the shirt’s refrain. On one such occasion, Pattie said, “I should make a note, what […]
Spent the day visiting with various college friends, many of whom I’ll see again next week at a wedding. Remind me to have a word with either the Yahoo directions folks or PennDOT about the direction of Germantown Pike – that led to about 20 minutes of wandering around trying to find an Outback Steakhouse. […]
I gotta admit, this story is gonna be in the back of my head once football season rolls around. Autopsies have shown that a handful of NFL veterans suffered from a brain disorder that often leads to dementia and depression. One of the players in question was a member of the Philadelphia Eagles back in […]
The site performance must be back closer to normal. The spam comments have resumed. Ah well, at least I can access the controls to kill them. Thanks for your patience, everyone. I’m still considering other options for the future, but for now it’s good to have things up an running. And remember that Crowded House […]
Last baseball post for a while, I promise. The Phillies managed to sandwich losing 2 out of 3 to Kansas City with two three-game sweeps, so I can’t complain too much about that. They’re now tied for second in their division, and only two game behind the New York Mets. They were eight back a […]
Still fighting the lag time a bit here, but you can check out my review of the don’t-drop-it-on-your-foot new Making of Star Wars book over at theLogBook.