Category: Open Threads

I’m making another stab at my incredibly backed-up email inbox.  Here are some things I don’t want you to miss.  Consider this an installment, since I have a big enough backlog in my email to account for another post with even more links. Gates of Vienna has a new home,

I’ve spent the morning putting out fires.  They are all extinguished now, so I can get down to the fun stuff.  I read a ton of articles I think you might find interesting.  In no particular order: The Washington Post looks at myths regarding the current flu season.  There were

The kids are almost back at school.  It’s been a delightful winter break — sleeping-in in the morning, playing old-fashioned board games in the evening — but I am exhausted and my house is looking frayed around the edges.  I crave normalcy. Normalcy also needs my attention.  I finally dealt

I started off the holiday week with a small email backlog.  I ended up with a huge email backlog.  Non-stop family time wiped out my cyberlife.  Yesterday, I never even turned my computer on. I’m now going through the 500+ email backlog and finding some wonderful gems.  I’ll put them

I wasn’t kidding when I said family is keeping me on the guy — family and work on a new project that has the potential to be at least somewhat remunerative.  The new project requires that I master PowerPoint, a program with which I have only the most glancing acquaintance. 

As I’m sure has been the case for you, my life over the last few days has been all family, all of the time.  This is the way it should be over the holidays. Indeed, when I do glance at the headlines, I’m almost glad that this is the way

This is an Open Thread.  I’ve been on the go since yesterday morning, and things won’t slow down for another couple of hours.  Then, I blog!  Until then, please feel free to let us know what you’re thinking.

Family life has been busy of late.  That means when I wasn’t roused to blogging about the Second Amendment, I didn’t blog much at all these past few days.  My lapses, though, haven’t stopped interesting things from appearing, some to do with Newtown, and some involving other stuff altogether.  In

This is my mind right now: Yeah, that’s right.  Nothing.  Absolutely nothing.  I’m getting vertigo looking into the blank, black hole of my own thoughts.