This was a note I wrote on Facebook, but I think it deserves commemoration on my blog, too. It's not the first time I've written ab...

I made a weird connection a while ago. Bear with me. Mr Rogers is back in the zeitgeist these days, with an upcoming film where Tom ...

I ran in to a hiccup at bedtime. It wasn’t actually the first time I’ve run into this particular hiccup, but it got me thinking. Almost e...

The Korea Times came out with a howler of an article recently, mistakenly using the headline " Tips for Keeping Partners from Cheating...

Soundtrack: hit play and start reading. Tom Waits: "Pony" Tom Waits sings about home like a man who's been lost a long time....

"A Case of You" by Joni Mitchell: the line "I could drink a case of you, and still be on my feet" is one of the greatest...

Ahh, kids. Sometimes I wish I could just throw the "grown-up switch" off for a while, or take a gee-whiz pill, and experience thi...

For me, in the words of my old Creative Writing bud, Sparkey, 2007 has been kickdonkey awesomepants, friends. A rundown of reasons for the s...

This is the second part of a two-part post. Please read the first part first, here. Rilke again, 'cause dammit, he deserves to be read...

Without advent, Christmas arrives through the side door, and startles me while I'm brushing my teeth for bed. With advent, it enters wi...

Aww nuts. I tried to fix up the pictures on this one, and instead blogger just swallowed most of the former post. If one of the pictures tha...

(the pictures are explained at the end of the post.) Before I get into that: a thought on music: the measure of a great songwriter, I...