Monthly Archives: August 2002

“I’m hot. And I have a headache.” Great. We’ve poked along for two measely miles and she’s already wasted? As she slouches forward on her Rans Rocket, I squirt water through her helmet with my water bottle. Her red face … Continue reading →

If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another. – Epicurus Please God, give throat cancer to a few more of those Hollywood screenwriters.

Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas has a deal with God that he announces in a NY Times commentary, Hollywood’s Responsibility for Smoking Deaths. Since he created many movies with glamourous smoking scenes and now has thoat cancer, he now wants to “do … Continue reading →

This Newhouse News Service article Pickup baseball has almost disappeared from kids’ lives had a headline in print that was more on the order of “Informal sports have almost disappeared…” Pretty much true for pick-up hockey, baseball, and touch football … Continue reading →

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment. – R. Buckminster Fuller I wonder if Fuller ever substituted the word “God” for “nature?” Or if he … Continue reading →

I came up behind my wife earlier today as she stood at the kitchen counter, unpacking several of her smaller bags crammed full of body care products that she’s brought back from her company’s annual convention. I wrapped my arm … Continue reading →

I’ve now added RSS to this weblog. What’s RSS? “Rich Site Summary (RSS) is a lightweight XML format designed for sharing headlines and other Web content. Think of it as a distributable “What’s New” for your site.” See Intro to … Continue reading →

That was the actual headline in the Star Tribune’s sports section, though it wasn’t used in the online version. “I knew I was on the bubble, but I pulled out of the B.C. Open the week before my son was … Continue reading →

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The nine Pennsylvania miners who were rescued last week sold their story to Disney for $150,000 each and met with President Bush yesterday. They now face a new crisis: what to do with the rest of their lives. The wheels … Continue reading →

“What do you look like?” she asked. “I’m an aging babyboomer with a ponytail.” I pat myself on the back for throwing in the word ‘aging’ yet somewhere in my ego-colored brain there’s an unmistakable wince. She sounds young. But … Continue reading →

It takes faith to believe, and it takes courage not to, and who is to say which is the deeper and more truthful. – Herbert Weisinger And Brother Void says, “You must now treat your own experiences with the relentless … Continue reading →

I’ve stumbled across two references — one at Utne Reader, the other at Salon — to a book that looks to be destined for the Real Joe shelves and maybe even a companion to our Affirmation Bullshit Generator: Daily afflictions … Continue reading →

I’ve been fiddling with the web site today, removing out-of-date pages, moving things around a bit, using SSI (server side includes) for the Blogger code, tinkering with the subscription plan. Biggest change thus far is the addition of HTML-based email … Continue reading →