Category: Open Threads

I’ve been home several hours now and still haven’t read a lick of news.  Instead, I’ve been diligently working my way through my email backlog.  Some of them, although a bit outdated by now, are still sufficiently interesting that I want to share them with you.  Here, in the order

My brain is an arid desert, devoid of ideas or inspiration.  At least for the next few hours, until my synapses start firing, you’re on your own!

We just returned home after an eight hour journey up I-5.  Whew!  It wasn’t too terrible, though, despite the long drive.  We didn’t get stuck on the Grapevine, where a storm was brewing; the car performed perfectly; no one got sick; we had no scary traffic moments; and the kids

I’m working on a slightly long, medium complex post, which should go up in about an hour.  ‘Til then, here’s an open thread.

As you may have guess from my blog silence yesterday, it was a very long weekend, which left no time for blogging.  Even if I’d had the opportunity to write, I didn’t have the time to ruminate, which is a predicate to any writing I do.  (Yes, I know that’s

Dealing with household tasks for the next couple of hours.  Open Thread until I can sit down and think.

I’m seeking inspiration.  I know there’s a lot of interesting stuff out there, but it’s just not triggering my writing reflex.  Perhaps it’s the knowledge that, in the room next to my office, there’s a lot of stuff that needs to be sorted out and sent to Goodwill. Until inspiration

Once again, I find myself in the fortunate position of having paying work.  I’d rather blog — but money’s money and, more importantly, DQ needs my help. It’s Open Thread time until I wrap up my work (or need a break).

I’m messing around with the germ of an idea and, as is often the case, it’s occupying so much of my brain space, I’m having a hard time focusing on other things.  Don Quixote things it’s a good idea, but all I’ve got right now is two sentences.  Now, sometimes,

Life in my house is never boring. I crave boredom. Have fun with this open thread until a boring window of time opens up in the chaos swirling around me, giving me a chance to read and write a bit.

I’m working on a post right now, but have to head out for about an hour before I can sit down and complete the post.  Until then, happy Monday!

I had a lovely time last night at the Fleet Week reception on the USS Makin Island, and will write about it at greater length later today.  Until then, though, I have some documents to assemble, and that gets priority even over the blog.  (Sigh.) Have fun with this Open

I’m wrapping up a project right now, so can’t blog.  So, here’s an Open Thread, with a little Elizabeth Warren thrown in for good measure: Now we know why President Obama sought to avoid a messy confirmation hearing for Elizabeth Warren to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She might