A ticket to the world…

by | Jul 10, 2007 | Meta, Web/Tech

In the very early 90’s my brother Ken and I sysop’ed a Bulletin Board System (aka, a BBS.) It was a simple dial-up affair (I should be clear… *all* BBS were simple dial-up affairs back then) and ours consisted of a single (anemic) IBM PC, two phone...
Winning the Hearts and Minds of Terroirists

Winning the Hearts and Minds of Terroirists

by | Jul 6, 2007 | Coffee

If a recent article in the New York Times‘ Style Magazine is right, then everything you think you know about terroir may be wrong. The article — Talk Dirt to Me — takes aim at some long-held thinking about the stuff that makes a wine’s flavor...

Flattery will get you every nowhere.

by | Jul 5, 2007 | Meta

Your blog posts are insightful. I will take them into deep thought and consideration. Your point of view is very smart and intellectual. Oh, goodness. I feel validated. Uplifted. Warm and fuzzy. I… Gosh, I… I wonder. Why are you linking to a web site...
Lest We Forget…

Lest We Forget…

by | Jul 4, 2007 | Forty-two

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s...
Everybody Loves a Parade

Everybody Loves a Parade

by | Jul 1, 2007 | Life in Vermont

Everybody loves a parade, and in Vermont, Independence Day is so loved that towns coordinate their event schedules so you can take in more than one. Waterbury’s parade was Saturday, June 30th, and, while herself and I arrived in plenty of time for the official...

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