Category: Musings

  • On Dogs

    I stumbled across this picture while cleaning up my computer desktop this morning. That’s Beastly, the dog I had when I was a kid. Unfortunately, that’s the only picture I have of him – scanned in from a small 4×6 print that sits on the filing cabinet behind me. I don’t actually look at the…

  • A Message from Mars

    I just woke up to another amazing Oregon morning. It’s rather early, actually approaching 5am, and the horizon to the east is tinged a pinkish-orange color. The air is calm and warm, and the coming day is expected to be rather hot. As I lay in bed, my mind cast back to a book titled…

  • Sweep Your Driveway?

    As I type, three very charming young girls (‘tween 7 and 9 years old I would guess) are sweeping our driveway. They extorted the outrageous sum of 25 cents each out of me. Can you believe it? No, their parents aren’t supervising to make sure they’re okay. One can only assume that they decided to…

  • Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That

    I hate it when this happens. I’ve been working on a blog entry about the whole gay rights/same-sex marriage issue for a while now. Then I discover that someone on CraigsList pretty much sums everything up in a nice tidy response to some gay-basher’s post. It provides a nice shot-from-hip response that resonates well. But…

  • Cougars & Coyote Poop