The southeastern United States is enjoying a marvelously mild day. A splash of meteorological joy appearing amongst sustained seasonal malaise is historically bad for my blog, and today is no exception. Traffic is down 30-35%. In fact, I’m positively delighted you’re reading this. No one else is. Winter Saturdays mean Upward for us, so we … Read more
On Monday a friend and I were lamenting how horrifically and enthusiastically a person of our mutual acquaintance is publicly celebrating her adulterous affair. The destruction of one’s family is regrettably blasé all by itself anymore, so commence the mainstreaming of also thoroughly humiliating one’s spouse, I suppose. Did you catch that New York Times … Read more
My 9-year-old and I were snuggling and watching TV last night. We were switching back and forth between a few things, one of which was Pearl Harbor. He had questions about the actual event, so we had talked a bit about why Japan attacked and how the United States came to enter World War II. … Read more