Traffic

Having to wait in your car during rush hour while 3 separate police cars charge through the square with sirens going is no reason to try to make up time by ignoring red lights and trying to run bloggers down on crosswalks. But people do it. I mean, after all, what’s one blogger, more or Continue reading Traffic

corporate language control

You know that huge, multinational corporations have too much control in our society when they can control independend scholarly pursuits because they fantasize that these pursuits reflect a bit poorly on the corporations themselves. Viz: Merriam-Webster explains disappearing McJob“Merriam-Webster is revising a web page for its Collegiate Dictionary after a McDonalds executive complained about the Continue reading corporate language control

cats and shoes

It’s days like today that make me realize even more how much I’ll miss the summer. It’s warm, in the 60’s, and the clouds have gone away for now. James is roasting the day’s coffee beans, and the occasional ventings from the roaster keep the coffee-house well-scented. Folk music is on the stereo, and the Continue reading cats and shoes