Archive for August, 2009
Friday, August 28th, 2009
Mars, Venus in the Baby Car Seat
I found this video here. Its title is “Are women born this way?” I know at least one who was, and, no, I am not married to her.
No Comments » - Posted in Pop Culture by Steven Gardner
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Dodgers Have Easy Path to Playoffs
This place should be home to baseball well into October.
The Dodgers should have every reason to expect to win the National League West. They have by far the easiest path there.
The Dodgers have three games against the Rockies to end the season and six games against the Giants in September. Meanwhile they are four […]
No Comments » - Posted in Sports by Steven Gardner
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
Taking a Bold Stance Against Hitler
Does this picture mean I shouldn’t embrace children anymore?
After Thanksgiving dinner in 1990 I boarded plane to Denver to work a weekend conference of a company whose employ I’ve long regretted. The incident I recall isn’t one of those that I would put in a list of reasons why the company failed, but maybe I […]
No Comments » - Posted in News, Politics by Steven Gardner
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
These Go to 11
For a couple of years I thought about Friday.
More than a year ago following another round of layoffs I wondered whether it was time to get out of the journalism business. I thought at the time, rightly as it turns out, that as long as I didn’t pull off a major blunder I could probably […]