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I suppose the idea of fake wedding cakes has some merit. At least when compared to the exorbitantly expensive weddings that seem to be the norm these days. My only quibble with the article: real wedding cake is tasty?? I … Continue reading →

Three wholly unrelated inanities that caught my attention this morning: 1) A judge is in a Washington D.C. court as a plaintiff, having sued a dry cleaner for losing his pants. For how much is he suing them? $54 million. … Continue reading →

Here are a few pictures from the excursion to Highland Park that Erin and I made a couple of weeks ago. Both of us were quite taken by the trees with interestingly different bark. Never mind leaves, flowers, and such. … Continue reading →

I’m wading through some technical reading (yeah, I know, a family car trip is not the best time for that), but I wanted to post a comment about the great reading I’m going to be doing very shortly.  I’m signed … Continue reading →

I tried out a new church yesterday, and learned a few things about what I like a church to look and sound like.  I agreed with much of the service: they used a Bible, they referred to God the Father … Continue reading →

It’s been interesting seeing the eulogizing of Richard Rorty after his passing away on Friday. As one might have expected, the philosopher who was dismissed as crazy (at least by most philosophers) before his death, seems to have become upon … Continue reading →

Now that Mom, Dad, Adam, and I are all away from work, the vacation mentality is finally sinking in.  One stays up late, so the others end up doing it too, and we all wake up late the next morning … Continue reading →

This morning Nelson and I went to Selkirk Shores State Park. It’s a potentially nice park. We had lunch under a beech tree from which we had a great view of Lake Ontario framed by beech leaves. Sadly, the effect … Continue reading →

Today was Nelson’s last day here. We managed to get quite a lot in. In the morning we went to my garden and planted my tomatoes (all 18 varieties: from Beam’s Yellow Pear to Aunt Ruby’s German Green to Black … Continue reading →

As I was weaving through the airports yesterday I got a sense of how far removed I am from the business world. The magazine in the seat-back pocket had articles on how to rub shoulders with the big boys, best … Continue reading →