Monthly Archives: July 2011

I hardly ever issue corrections to anything I write because I see this as just a slippery slope waiting to happen. Once you correct one thing, people will be demanding that you erase all references you made or will make … Continue reading →

I was reminded recently, by Mary about my rather less than stellar memory, specifically when it comes to names. I was going through my old overexposed, blurry and/or scratched photos, Mary would inquire as to the identity of people I … Continue reading →

Electric chairs, chainsaws, Ford Pintos, and busses in the Andes. This is just a partial list of deadly devices that are fraught with peril. I include Andean busses as they have a disconcerting tendency to plunge into rivers or down … Continue reading →

This week hasn’t been a total loss. I finally got together all my old photos and shipped them off to a photo scanning business. They’ll probably send them off to some third world country where political prisoners will scan them … Continue reading →

This year I decided to try again to summit some of the magnificent peaks that Colorado has to offer. The whole slamming my head repeatedly into tree trunks thing wasn’t really working out for me, I guess. This time for … Continue reading →

On our last trip out to Europe we spent a day on either end in LA, Santa Monica to be exact. Yeah, I know, we’re going the wrong direction. But that’s the way we roll. Or rule. Or ride, I’m … Continue reading →

Even though this is actually July 5th, and unless I get off my butt it’ll end up being July 6th, cause I’ve got the procrastinating bug kinda bad. It comes from excessive use of a charcoal grill. In a completely … Continue reading →