• Living in and enjoying Washington DC • Working as an Application Support and Training Specialist • Single, with no significant other (SO) in my life…
The Vacation by Wendell Berry Once there was a man who filmed his vacation. He went flying down the river in his boat with his video camera to his eye…
From Andrew Sullivan comes this: The one thing I noticed in my continental run-around this past week is just how mad liberals are at Obama. I remain a…
It was a long, fun day. I spent the night in NoVA so I could get up bright and early (OK, early) the next day at 5:00 AM and get ready for meeting the…
I was totally blown away by this book, Blue Nights by Joan Didion. I read it all in one day, which is unusual for me. I can't even imagine dealing wit…
A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs, By Mona Simpson I grew up as an only child, with a single mother. Because we were poor and because I knew my father …
I have a dream that President Obama will say the following on his 2012 campaign stump speech. As president, I have to address both domestic policy and…
Aristotle BY BILLY COLLINS This is the beginning. Almost anything can happen. This is where you find the creation of light, a fish wriggling onto land…
Amazon.com Review Amazon Best Books of the Month, August 2011: Amy Waldman has performed a rare and dangerous feat in writing an airtight, multi-viewe…
