Category Archives: Miscellanea

Perhaps it would have been most accurate to say, I’m bored by opera because I don’t understand it. I never intended to slight opera as highfalutin culture. Nor did I wish to convey that I’ll never appreciate opera. I had … Continue reading →

At Zillas I came upon this quote, “I really don’t like chess. It is boring.” And I replied thusly: I really don’t like opera. It is boring. At the risk of offending our resident opera critic, Billy Dean Rawls, that’s … Continue reading →

If life hands you a lemon, make lemonade. –William Melanson (1930-2003) If there ever was anyone who owned that quote, it was Uncle Billy. Until I was eighteen from before I was able to remember, my family always made an … Continue reading →

Late last night, I saw an ad for some IQ test. I found it incredibly easy, and if it weren’t for the fact that I was dead tired and burnt out from work, I could have aced the darn thing … Continue reading →

Sorry about the delay, Jen. This inaugural post has been one of the most difficult for me to write. It has taken so long to write, that I misremembered the name I was going to call it. The correct name … Continue reading →

As promised last November 12, www.blogger.com is gone. I’ve moved over to Movable Type. I also get comments as part of the package. What a deal! I’ll be making some more changes to the look of the entire site… the … Continue reading →

Hey. It’s not fair of blogger to lose the template thingy. Blogger is so gone.

Wow… It’s been a long time. How do you operate this crazy thing? (the blog, I mean) Among the things I did last summer (and up to the election) was to volunteer for Chuck McCarthy’s race against Marty “Term Limits” … Continue reading →

I suppose I should start doing this on a regular basis. The purpose of this blog is to Dump random thoughts as they pop up Dump neat news items or columns I spot on the web It is not the … Continue reading →

Welcome to VitW. Not much here yet. I’m still moving the furniture around in the new homestead.