And now, for something completely different...

Saturday night was the Red Velvet Gala at the St. Louis Symphony .  Their big performer for the show was -- as you probably guessed -- Yo-yo...

"Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. (I am large. I contain multitudes.)"   -- Walt Whitman, Song of My...

"He looks up at you with his big, true eyes, and says with them, 'Well, you've always got me, you know.  We'll go through t...

"I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry...

Goal #43: fill the Goodwill box. I have been working on cleaning out my closet and just trying to be a bit less sentimental (and/or more r...

Every now and then, I'm in the mood for some Bill Bryson.  This time, it's At Home: A Short History of Private Life , in which he ex...

A conversation in #hashtags . The 9 types of physics seminars (also note the blog subtitle). More old photos, colorized . Terrible ne...

It's interesting to look back at your life and wonder how the heck you go from there to here, yet the same time know that all roads ine...

Just a couple of days after my last trip to the symphony, I was lucky enough to be taken by P to go see Evita at the Fox . The musical was...

Goal #42: write two cards, deliver a gift, make food to share, pay a visit. So many things!  Here's the breakdown: - I have a card an...