Brian Howard. Some folks affect you disproportionately. Brian has been one of those. I’m not sure exactly how to describe it. It’s probably silly for me to pull the word “hero” into the description, but I’m not sure I can really avoid the word either. Little things can confer that status on a young mind, [...]
Category Archives: Personal
Look Left
January 16, 2010 – 11:53 am
It’s early Saturday morning, my wife just went to work, and residing in my mental register are about eight things that take drastically higher priority over writing a blog post. So heeeeyyyeeeeeere I am. Top of the morning to you. I’ve got a date with the farmers’ market in about an hour, so let’s do [...]
Figure 53 in the Baltimore Sun
January 6, 2010 – 1:38 pm
I just walked down to Eddie’s Market and picked myself up a few copies of today’s Baltimore Sun. The checkout lady (who loves to gab and give advice) grinned and asked if I was in it. I guess buying four copies is a give-away. I mumbled yes, which sent her diving into the stack, ripping [...]
On the Trouble with Names
November 1, 2009 – 2:06 pm
Until very recently, I’ve been able to write this blog in the comfortable confidence that no one was reading it. It is therefore with mild horror that I now realize at least a handful of people are actually, um, reading this blog. I remain (intentionally) ignorant as to exactly how many times the server is [...]
The Free Market is Not Enough
September 29, 2009 – 5:31 pm
I don’t usually whip out a blog post in a wave of rage, but I’m coasting on some serious fury right now and I reckon I’m going to channel it into some good old fashioned public ranting. Attention: my filter is officially off. Hello world! I’m pissed. Today a Senate panel rejected both proposals for [...]