Tonight I had a fantastic conversation with a good friend! In fact, it was so good that we concluded it outside the restaurant where it began in 27°F weather!
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The giving of thanks
How great this feast! This passage of cheer!
The dusk’s crisp dew outside is near,
While fire within hedges from fear.
These walls of love, of shelter endear.
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In America
“In America” is the best film I’ve seen this year. And to be fair, I’ve seen some truly great films so that comment is no small task.
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Since you asked…
Cary Tennis is columnist for Salon. His regular piece is called “Since you asked…”
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Thomas Syndrome
I know that His grace is sufficient for me. I’ve been told that all my life.
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The pattern of solitude
“Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.”
Sir Francis Bacon
The Last Samurai
“I’d like to think he found a small measure of peace, the kind that so many search for and so few ever find.”
Internet Journals, Open Source Life, and Reality TV
“Taking something off the internet is like trying to remove pee from a public pool.”
Joe on Newsradio“…our selves are merely the masks we wear in response to the social situations in which we find ourselves.”
Michael Lewis, Next“In the future, everybody will be famous for 15 minutes.”
Andy Warhol
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On Family
“The tie that binds.”
“The family that eats together, stays together.”
Understanding Engineers
Have you hugged an engineer today?
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