Youth is Wasted on the Young

In an office conversation today someone said that their nine month old baby was boring. Wow! On impulse I said that I would gladly give up one year of my life in exchange for one more hour to hold my infant children again. After thinking about it, I would do that even if that hour … Read more

World Trade Center

“World Trade Center (Widescreen Edition)” (Oliver Stone) This weekend we watched the movie, World Trade Center. This is the story about two Port Authority Police Officers who were trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The two were found and dug out. They survived some 18 to 24 hours … Read more

What Plan?

Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr fled Iraq for Iran ahead of a security crackdown in Baghdad and the arrival of 21,500 U.S. troops sent by President Bush to quell sectarian violence, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday (source). At least one major insurgent component is now reacting to us instead of us reacting to them. Most … Read more

Grammy Award Politics

So, the Dixie Chicks won five Grammy Awards. So now, they’re ready to ‘make nice’ or so says the headline of this article. I’m sure that politics had nothing to do with it. I am sure the song, ‘Not Ready to Make Nice‘ was absolutely the best song recorded this year. It is purely coincidental … Read more

Stampede!

Stampede! Originally uploaded by Robby Edwards. This is where I want to live! I want to own that barn and the land around it. I want to worry about whatever it is you have to worry about when bison trek through your property on a regular basis. Beautiful way to spend one’s life.