Blathering On

Things I think and then type.

Entries for December, 2005

Written in the Dust

On the back of cars, besides the famous “Wash Me,” I’ve seen lately: “Josh is Smelly” and my favorite: “Moises is Wack” (I love this. Poor Moises.) And written in shoe polish: “Don’t Mess With My Christmas” I desperately wanted to know what the person looked like who wrote something that but I didn’t get [...]

My Dog Duncan

This is my dog, Duncan. He is an 11 month-old Rhodesian Ridgeback. He has been fighting Valley Fever for the last three months. Unfortunately, he was only recently diagnosed and was already lame on two legs. He’s getting better but it will be a long process. Poor little guy. He’s such a good boy.

Happy Holidays vs. Merry Christmas

Much has been made of Bill O’Reilly’s exposing the so-called “War on Christmas.” He throws around the word “secular” like it’s the new “liberal.” Oh man, to be a secular liberal. I have nothing new to add, except that the whole issue seems to arise out of the practice of companies, especially retail ones, using [...]

I Live in Las Vegas

I live in Las Vegas. In fact this is the third major city I’ve lived in in the past two years. I moved from Chicago to L.A. in April of 2003 and then to Vegas in the spring of 2005. People always ask, “How do you like Vegas?” Standard question, right? Probably what they really [...]

Christmas time

Today, while shopping, within a span of five minutes I saw two different women in tears having hushed conversations on their cell phones. How awful to happen any time, especially this time of year, when people expect smiles and cheer. One was working at a coffee shop, during her break. As miserable as it feels, [...]