Me
Here comes the rain again…
The rainy season in Portland began this morning, at the crack of mid-October. As a fair-skinned pedestrian, I don't mind the gray skies, but the driving rain can impede me.
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Intellect
A certain kind of question
Freud asked, "What do women really want?" It is the kind of question people ask when they do not want to know. Confessions of a Conservative
Me
My kind of humor
the Wit (52% dark, 19% spontaneous, 10% vulgar) your humor style: CLEAN | COMPLEX | DARK You like things edgy, subtle, and smart. I guess that means you're probably an intellectual, but don't take that to mean pretentious. You realize 'dumb' can be witty--after all
Me
The jab
I spent yesterday morning at the hospital, and I notice that the older I get, the less I hurt when a needle gets poked into me. I can't tell if I have become better at relaxing or if the nurses have become better at jabbing.
Intellect
Becoming what you oppose
Franktrying Confessions of a Conservative
Politics
The torturers
A friend wrote the following about the compromise a few weeks ago between the Senate and the President about the use of torture: The Senate, whose majority leader systematically killed cats obtained under false pretenses from local animal shelters, has given the sole authority to determine exactly what does and
Media
Fair and balanced e-mail #3
An e-mail to Fox News: "Former Congressman Mark Foley (D-FL)" Until this incident, I had questioned your standards and biases but believed that Fox News was basically a news organization. I can't believe that now. /s/ Steve Casburn
Me
Lap time
On my days off, I have been getting up at dawn and walking/jogging laps at Laurelhurst Park. Each lap is about five-sixths of a mile, and I move counter-clockwise, so the long straightaways are generally downhill and the relatively steep climbs are all uphill (the highest points
Intellect
Inside and outside
We can learn a great deal about something without learning of something; we can perceive the outline with remarkable clarity without perceiving the essence; we can see how a thing is seen without feeling how that thing is felt. Maybe Fox News knows something about liberals. Maybe atheists know something
Me
Decaffeination
For about five years now, I have been intermittently weaning myself from caffeine. I started again last week. When non-caffeinated, I feel much more awake and alert for the first two hours of the day, but then more sleepy and dim for the rest of it. The non-caffeinated
Life
You have your schedule; dogs have theirs
Seen this evening on NE Knott: A woman across the street standing impatiently with a bright red leash stretched taut between her and a utility pole six feet away. After 20 seconds or so, a Scottish terrier trotted out from behind the pole and re-joined her.
Remarks
Openness goes both ways
No one who looks upon disagreement as an occasion for teaching another should forget that it is also an occasion for being taught. How to Read a Book