In this the day afterward of the disappointing (but not unexpected) result of my traffic court appearance yesterday, I’ve been sullenly grumbly and mumbly pretty much everywhere: at my desk, in the shower, getting dressed, on my bike commute today at work, at the office, in the bathroom, on my bike commute home, and back …
Ooooooh how the times have changed. In the past the major newspapers would expose things like the Pentagon Papers or the occasional Watergate break-in. Now they’re ripping the covers off… our DVD rental habits? Seriously: in major city by major city, postal code by postal code, the New York Times tells the United States the …
I fought the law and the law won. I gave it a solid effort, but I knew getting my case dismissed would be a longshot if the officer was present — and he was. Sure, the judge listened to the officer’s statement, listened to mine, which directly and relatively convincingly contradicted the officer’s statement, giving …
As you might recall from a previous post, my Baybee fulfilled a long-unrealized reuniting this past Christmas by getting a tenor saxophone to finally replace the one I’d had to sacrifice to make rent back in the mid-90s. Other than picking it up and playing it badly that first day, the sax has sat in …
For as long as I’ve known Susan she’s had a wonderfully oversized classic London Market clock hanging on the dining room wall, but for the past year or so it’s becoming increasingly inconsistent in its time-keeping capabilities, finally quitting for good in November. Thinking it was done for, I went ahead and got her a …
So I checked email this morning and found a comment to a two-year-old YouTube video clip I posted of an encounter with wrong-way cyclists, one of my random and occasional “This Is Why I Hate” series. YouTube User “Berlitz777” wrote: @wildbell I live in L.A. and it really irritates me to see you people riding …
Maybe it’s a fault in my wiring, but I don’t experience feelings of glee at the ruin of a life. I just can’t get giddy all over at the news that Dr. Christopher Thompson, the former emergency room doctor put on trial and found guilty of the injuries he intentionally caused ttwo cyclists on Mandeville …