So this is why the Chefs are manymany times more evil than the Raiders. Because they own the Donkeys in Arrowhead ( Read more... )

[See Parts One and Two below ( Read more... )

I had no idea. They tell you your life will change, that nothing will be the same. But what do they know? They don't know me. Actually, what they know and what I've learned is that the amount of love a baby girl can bring into the world is immeasurable, incalculable, infinite. The joy cannot be compared ( Read more... )

[This was written on Oct. 10, 2005 ( Read more... )

[see Part One, below ( Read more... )

[This was written on September 19, 2005 ( Read more... )

We drove down to Austin yesterday. Central Texas, blighted and benighted as it is, is not without its beauty. For example, we passed three deer on the side of the road, a reminder that in many parts of the country, hunting season has begun. Which I'm against, except for the fantastic venison jerky my father-in-law makes ( Read more... )

I think I'll try to stay away from current events, or ranting about current events, in this blog. You can get that kind of thing elsewhere. Besides, by the time I manage to ruminate about anything, it's already old hat ( Read more... )

What follows is a, well, someone will come up with a word to describe it. Not fiction, not an essay, not a biography, who knows. Anyway, I'll serialize it, like they did in days gone by. The title is, ostensibly, "How does architecture carry meaning?" (there's probably a better title out there - I'm open to suggestions) and, maybe later I'll write ( Read more... )

This is my first post to Live Journal. I guess I've entered the blogosphere. Creepy, in a twenty-first century kind of way. The technology moves faster than, well, almost anything, I guess. I don't imagine anything original will come out of this, but I'll give it a go. I wonder how bloggers deal with the issue of audience. I would certainly write ( Read more... )