Today is Valentine’s Day! I wish you a marvelous outing of highly specific consumption of consumer goods. I have stopped fighting and have begun accepting. I have my next full eye exam in three months, and it’s very likely I will be getting bifocals. The decline is significant. Yesterday I read a list of every … Read more
My old friend Jeff Rybak died suddenly on Sunday. He was 47 years old. He leaves behind Amy, his wife of 23 years, and their three children (Nick, 20; Erica, 17; and Ian, 9). You know what? Jeff leaves behind everyone who ever interacted with him. He was a special guy, with equal parts strength … Read more
That sucks. He sucks. How much does it suck? Well, it sucks a lot that we’ve lost “to suck” to the juggernaut of common usage. It’s not vulgar anymore. Oh, I still diligently correct my children, and they still diligently say “it stinks” as correction, but I don’t have any illusions. It’s just fine now. … Read more