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This morning I clicked on a link that was supposed to go to a page on the Apple.com website, but I ended up on a Washington Post 404 “page not found” page. I went back to the referrer, checked the link, and it was properly set to go to apple.com. So I typed”www.apple.com” in my [...]
As an update to the preceding post, Amy Welborn has updated her notice of her husband’s death with the following: Many have asked what they can do of a material or concrete nature. All I can say is to simply buy his books. Not from me, because I am in no position to fill orders, [...]
Wow, just terrible. Amy Welborn’s husband Michael Dubruiel passed away — suddenly and unexpectedly — yesterday. It is a tribute to Amy’s writing on her blog that this news hit me like a punch in the gut, even though I’ve never met either her or her husband, never corresponded, never read their books, and also rarely [...]
This post is being run as a test. I apologize for its apparent uselessness, but I need to work on a new plugin. Thank you.
OK. I’m done with political blogging again. As promised, there were three posts (admittedly each very long), and I have no plans to resume, barring any unexpected circumstances. This blog will now return to its highly intermittent, quirky posting schedule, and various less serious topics.
I never met Dean Barnett. He was part of a community of bloggers I read and came to know from an outside perspective. He died yesterday, of cystic fibrosis, and is already missed. Living 41 years, Mr. Barnett beat the odds for cystic fibrosis patients. By all accounts, and his writing supports this, he did [...]
Nevertheless, I cannot resist imposing my thoughts on anyone who chances by here. So, between now and the election, I am going to publish a few, probably three posts on political issues. If you think you might be offended, please just ignore them and this blog until after the election. Until those posts are ready [...]
