On my Own
Today was Joon’s wedding anniversary, so he decided it was a better idea to spend it with his wife than with me on the open road. I guess. I can’t… Read more »
Author Archives: Robert Fraleigh
The Quick Passage of Time
Time has been flying for me these past few days. I don’t know why – there doesn’t seem to be anything out of the ordinary going on. I’ve been busy… Read more »
Smarter than they Think
The main thing accomplished by removing those types of editorials from newspapers — apart from scaring the hell out of editors — is to shield readers from knowledge of what… Read more »
Time for a Change?
On April 21st of 2020, I published my first blog post — a piece titled Discovery of the Random, about finding good books. I look back on it and like… Read more »
Is it the little things?
I find as I get older, I hate being thrown off-course, whatever that course might be. So you know COVID has been doing a number on me (and us all),… Read more »
Jim Gaffigan is Interesting
He makes me remember the few times I went to the San Antonio Rodeo. What a good time — and one of the best tickets in (any) town.
Time to Read
I don’t know if you do it this way — I’m sure some of you do — but I’m usually into several books at the same time. It’s frustrating sometimes… Read more »
Understanding
My favorite joke when it comes to language – “What do you call someone who speaks three languages? Trilingual. What do you call someone who speaks two languages? Bilingual. What… Read more »
Spring is Springing. Time to Crank it Up.
By the start of last summer, I was happy with my 100k rides. Then came a Saturday in May when I decided to take the long way to Seoul and… Read more »
Learn a Language?
I was wandering around looking for some language things and found a website called “Yabla” that has some very good-looking materials (from what I’ve seen so far). I’ve looked specifically… Read more »