Our hero awakes. Startled by the noise and the stranger in his room, he sits bolt upright in his bed. Continue reading →

Tell us what you really think Bruce DiA: More generally, which party do you find more credible when discussing America’s fiscal challenges? Mr Bartlett: The Republicans don’t have any credibility whatsoever. They squandered whatever they had when they enacted a … Continue reading →

This is the kind of thing I’d blog about if I weren’t wasting all my time on Facebook. What Shirky says, I think — or at least what I think — is that the MySpace and lolcats sphere of the … Continue reading →

I didn’t know the solo part in the middle so I made shit up. I fired the drummer. Continue reading →

After working much too late last night, I sat out on my newly-laid patio in my new Adirondack made from freshly-chopped-down, endangered, rain-forest hardwood wrapped in a scarcely-needed blanket with my daughter on my lap sipping rum and milk respectively. … Continue reading →

King James Bible, Book of Luke, Parable of the Prodigal Son And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. … Continue reading →

A long time ago, I had a girlfriend and I used to sing to her. Continue reading →

I tried about 10 drawing apps before settling on AppStudio. I drew this while waiting for my ride this morning.

What was it like to have so much hatred for someone she does not even know? Continue reading →

Just how much should we spend to defend ourselves from terrorist attacks? There is a general agreement about risk, then, in the established regulatory practices of several developed countries: risks are deemed unacceptable if the annual fatality risk is higher … Continue reading →