Dear student consultations that lasted the whole of last week, Man, you really took it out of me. still tired, htms * Dear The Bla...

Dear Work Outfit, I selected you on the basis of strict criteria: cute comfortable in it for the duration. And for meeting all tho...

I try to keep a running list of you, some things to think about. But you are slippery, like thought itself. For instance, I was thinking abo...

A visualization of  routing paths  through a portion of the Internet. (Wikipedia) I tried so hard to find you. In West Yellowstone, yo...

Dear The Way to Grace, Tonight, I saw you in Pocatello, Idaho, just past the parking lot of an Applebee's. It seems to me that I ...

Ordinarily I would not begin by calling you "dear." Of you, difficulty, there are various kinds. Of the first order, the trivial...

Despite my intentions, I woke up early today. The dog was at the door. That sounds like a metaphor, but it's not: Bruiser sleeps elsewhe...

Dear smug, bloviating bastards , Dear where shall I park downtown , Dear I want to buy all the stuff , Dear potato chips , Dear Satu...

First, I'm glad I moved into my new office , because I have now lay hands upon not one but two umbrellas that had retired to lonely corn...

Tonight I had to drive downtown to a meeting. All the way downtown. Past the downtown Target, that's how far downtown. North of downtown...

Dear my new office, Oh how I have looked forward to you! And now you are here, and I am with you, and it is all far, far better than I cou...

Dear Jacques Derrida, So: we meet again. You, who have so affected the way I think about almost everything. You, whose critique of ideas l...

I remember earlier today, when I was thinking about how the day--a Saturday--might unfold. Definitely the farmer's market. And I thought...

Dear Arnaldur Indridason, I am enjoying reading Black Skies . In fact, when I couldn't sleep last night, I started it and read over ha...

Dear the middle of the night: --or more precisely, 2:30 a.m., which I know precisely because I checked. I checked my cell phone when I a...

Dear the thing I am not going to whine about, not one more time: First of all, today was a lovely day. That's a fact. Evidence: gon...

If you have, say, twelve videos to remake, by replacing sneakily screen-grabbed visuals with legit Creative Commons-licensed ones, and re-re...

There's been a cold snap, as they say. It was gray and legitimately chilly today. Me:  It's definitely cold enough for tights, ex...

okay, I fancied it up a little. 1. The moon . I know, I know. It's there every night. But my friends, the moon is particularly beaut...

I've been working at home today. When I woke and checked the weather, it said warm.  And then: cold.  A sudden cold snap , I thought to ...