Wow!
Jose Lima, above, David Ortiz, below. I just watched David Ortiz win another game with the swing of his bat. That was one of the most exciting games I’ve seen since the start of the …
John Kerry for President
© 2004 The New York Times Company Senator John Kerry goes toward the election with a base that is built more on opposition to George W. Bush than loyalty to his own candidacy. But over the last year …
Exploring in the Media Blackout
I have been toying with the idea of a personal media blackout for a couple of days now. Just because I can’t remember when I was away from all media (including print!) for any extended waking …
Fantasy of Working From Home
When I was commuting, I had a fantasy of working from home that included being in downtown Winslow during the day, drinking coffee at one of the coffee shops, and seeing all the people go by. Today I …
New Morning
The media blackout is still weird and difficult. I keep getting impulses to turn on the radio or pick up something to read. Even the title makes me think of a Bob Dylan song, and he’s going to …
Ohh. The Lure of TV is STRONG
I remember when I met Wendy, I didn’t have a TV. Well, I had a TV and a VCR, but I didn’t get any reception. I would sometimes borrow videos from the Video Editor at work, who once asked …
WMD Found in Iraq
There was a very important weapon of mass destruction found in Iraq, and we knew about it all along. Other countries that have this weapon are Russia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and Mexico, among …
Prayer Research
There’s a story in the NYT this morning about the controversy surrounding Federal funding of research into the healing power of prayer. Aside from the fact that on its face it seems like a sham …
Debates and Baseball
Let me tell you about my 2004 Presidential Baseball theory. It came to me near the start of the baseball season, when I heard that the Democratic and Republican conventions were going to be held in …
I'm No Pundit
The first thing I did when I got up this morning was to check the news to see what the consensus was about last night’s debate. There were a couple times early on in the debate where I thought …