Contrasts Let me start off by saying I slept well last night. Actually, I slept well but not very long, which is better than sleeping long but not very well, I guess. I fell asleep before 11 – no disturbing late night phone calls. I would have shut my cell phone off, but I needed the alarm clock.… Read More »
Should the Government Protect the Internet and Net Neutrality? We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United… Read More »
Preface The following essay was written “tongue-in-cheek”. If you’re from Arizona or New Mexico, I’m sorry :). if you’re easily offended don’t read this essay, it may offend you. No offense to any race, state, city, gender, country or anything else was intended. If you don’t see the humor in this, I’m really sorry about that. Read this… Read More »
Come to My Anti Super Bowl Party For one brief but ugly moment last week I deserted the cynic inside me. I left the comfort of cynicism intoxicated by the sweet poison of hope. Don’t worry. I’m back in full vigor now. No more rose-colored glasses for me. There is comfort in cynicism. I have my blankie back.… Read More »
A Gift From Maryanne I don’t recall any shadows in that room on that late autumn morning. A gray, forlorn sky loomed and hovered over everything. There was no hint of the sun and in the dim morning light there were no shadows except for the shadows that you see only with your mind; the shadows of things… Read More »
The Day I Die One of life’s great blessings is that not one of us knows the exact day we will die. Well, at least I think so. I could not imagine being a teenager and knowing how many years I would live or the date of my death. That would take away the fun and great advantage… Read More »