Don’t be expecting these every week now – unless we stay on top 🙂 Pos Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts 1 Man. Utd. 2 2 0 0 8 1 7 6 2 Portsmouth 2 1 1 … Continue reading →

Dylan starts middle school tomorrow. I remember it like it was just yesterday. Mrs Stevenson in her wizarding robes marching us down to the Junior Assembly Hall sounding exactly like Professor McGonagall – she might even have been scottish. Such … Continue reading →

Morals are the rules that we follow when there are no rules and no one is watching. Corollary When we create laws to prevent immoral behavior, we make society less moral. Citations In the old days, you used to have … Continue reading →

With everyone using RSS these days, web log statistics are now useless. I have no idea whether anyone is even reading this nonsense. The only sign of readership is the occasional comment – for which I am truly grateful. I … Continue reading →

Dreaming of Aaron. Continue reading →

Francis Crick will be up on my Wall of Heroes with Bob, George, Winston and the others. Continue reading →

I want to address Rob’s comments to my previous post more fully by quoting from Robert Wright’s contemporary analysis from March 2003. Rob makes two related claims: It’s true that we didn’t know for sure whether or not Saddam had … Continue reading →

Jeff and I pair-read 1984 and Brave New World a couple of years ago. Most people – me included, until my latest reading – seem to miss the point of 1984. ‘1984’ means they are watching you to those with … Continue reading →

We got there at 8:30 and it was already over 95°F. There were just a few trees on a neighbouring property and everyone was crammed under that tiny scrap of shade as we waited for the first game to start. … Continue reading →

I am playing in a football tournament tomorrow in Morgan Hill. We have three 60 minute games. In the middle of the day. In the middle of the desert. Hope it’s not hot! Forecast says “partly cloudy” so it should … Continue reading →