Today, May 26th, 2008, is Memorial Day in the United States of America. And, as I try to do every Memorial Day, I went to a cemetery. This year it was Spring Grove. I have visited Spring Grove before. It is a beautiful spot, both cemetery and arboretum,...

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It seems that folks either love or hate the new Indiana Jones movie....

The title for today's blog comes from no less august a personality than King Henry II of England (1154-1189). What he actually said has been lost to the mists of time and I prefer the version that goes:

What miserable drones and traitors have I nourished and brought up in my household, who let their Lord be treated with such shameful contempt by a low-born cleric?

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I've been using memcached for about a year now on various projects at work and found there wasn't a good tutorial...

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John Hodgman on a forgotten part of American History

There's an old saying that talks about sorrow being the dark threads that provide contast to the bright threads that make up the tapestry of our life. I mention this because Reneè and I were discussing relationships this morning. As a social worker, she sees...

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Yesterday, Reneé and I went out to Sharon Woods, or, more specifically, Sharon Harbor. Last year, while Reneé was undergoing Chemotherapy for a blood disorder, we...

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Reneé has one very firm rule in her life. She doesn't cook on Friday nights. Don't have to eat out, but she doesn't cook because Friday night starts her weekend, generally her free time. Although the last two weekeend have had little of that because we've been doing things for her work.

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What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet;Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 2

 

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I have mentioned before that we have aquariums at work. Today I'm going to take you backstage, as it were, to see some of what goes into the maintenance of the larger one. Starting...

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