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Carcinomies and MugglesI discovered a world that I only saw dimly before
Procrastinating authenticallyMaking choices was never this hard before.
Basic Training at HMS FisgardNew Entry training in the Navy was the hardest thing I have ever done.
Who should have the best flutes?The purpose of a flute is to make beautiful music. Who should own them?
Twenty Years of BloggingRagged Clown has been posting for twenty years
Sozzlehurst and HiccupOur party was on the front page of every national newspaper.
Teach Your Kids to ArgueBut the one subject that they really need to teach more of is rhetoric.
Here we go out of the sleep of mild peopleI started a new job with a brand-new startup. An old life is ending as a new life begins.
Judas and MarySaid Judas to Mary, “O what will you do with your ointment so rich and so rare?”
Monet’s Field of PoppiesWhen finger painting was all the rage.
Drawing: Vermeer’s The MilkmaidIf Vermeer had an iPad he might’ve drawn it like this.
In search of heterodidacticismEverything I ever learned, I learned from a book or figured out for myself.
Naked in the WoodsWhen we snuck into Marten’s Grove to go skinny dipping, it was the first time I saw so many girls my own age in the nude.
The taste of cancerBecause it’s ALL THE TIME, I’ve come to think of it as the taste of cancer.
I don’t want your freedomWho made it big? Was it George? Or Andrew?
The Quiet AmericanI read The Quiet American when I was still entirely in love with the romance of South East Asia.
The Greatest HappinessThinking about the happiness of everyone affected by a decision is the best place to start.
Do you know the way to San Jose?We enjoyed our 24 years in America but it’s good to be home.
In the WorkshopTurning, drilling, forging, casting, milling, hardening, tempering, annealing and, finally, welding.
Run away with meThe Ragged Clown tries his hand at poetry.
What I have learned at the Open UniversityI’m four years into my degree. What have I learned so far?
