Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
I’ve never minded excessive language in books as long as it gets somewhere. I’m quite often long-winded myself. By example, I will always bring up that I don’t mind the… Read more »
Music for the Peace of It
One of the most pleasant things I’ve experienced over the past year or so is the use of Amazon Music. It sucks in one respect (and I may have written… Read more »
This can’t be real… (II)
Just to follow up on something about which I wrote within the past couple of weeks: I learned a new word today: “Sadfishing.” I don’t know if it has a… Read more »
Hours of Dirt, Gravel, Snow, and Ice
Today’s ride took it out of me. But I’d do it again in a heartbeat. We spent just over 3 hours riding only 9 miles on a “road” that wound… Read more »
Fighting the Battle
The perfect life does not exist. I may have thought it did at one time. A lot of kids with idyllic childhoods may have thought that way. Was mine idyllic?… Read more »
This can’t be real…
Football season in Korea used to mean getting up at 2 or 3 in the morning (depending on Daylight Savings Time) and going on base to see a favorite team… Read more »
Ignorance as Blessing: II
When I was working on my Masters degree, the graduation requirement was to produce a portfolio, the contents of which would require defending before a panel of professors. Part of… Read more »
Ignorance as Blessing
I’d like to take this short moment to tell you about a theory I’ve developed over my years of experience in the language training and testing field; and maybe even… Read more »
Where have the poets gone?
I’ve had some email interaction with my brothers lately (they’re smart enough not to deal with Facebook or its like) about a band famous in the 60s and 70s (their… Read more »
Cold?
Yesterday, the temperatures got down into the teens, so of course hating the cold while I ride like I do, I just had to get out. The main goal of… Read more »