I saw Nicolette when I was up in New England in the fall. Now she’s dead. I don’t know any details beyond that her neighbor found Nicolette (also known as Kate) in a pool of blood in her apartment. Our mutual friend Jenn called me from work; we had both been talking with Nikky a lot during the last few months (She absolutely hated to be called Nikky, but it’s how we knew her as children). The last time I…
Not too long ago, I was asked by a publisher if I might consider reviewing a children’s book. We corresponded a little bit and I said I would take a look. If I liked the book, I’d say so, and I’d run it by our little boy as well to see what he thought. Well, I got the one book, but then I also received two more books directly from the author. They were all signed, with the date, and…
Presidential candidate and all-around fantastic guy John Edwards has joined MyBlogLog, and VirusHead is the very blog community that he has joined! Thank you! I sure would like to see him win the Presidency. Download The Plan to Build One America (80 pp., pdf) to see some of the reasons why I am supporting John Edwards. Here is Edwards’ response to the State of the Union Address last night: The president tonight renewed his call for an economic recovery plan….
Thor Hesla was killed on January 14th, 2008 in an attack by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan. I may have met Thor once or twice, but I didn’t know him. My perspective on this tragedy is that I know his father, Professor Emeritus David Hesla. David Hesla is a beloved and somewhat eccentric professor, one of the original members of my home department of the Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts at Emory University. Among other things, he wrote the…
I’m in the middle of the interview process for a job, and it’s the perfect time to make those changes. heh-heh
but what strikes me most is that the moon looks like the smile of the Cheshire cat tonight.