Phil Everly died, prompting me to peruse Youtube and marvel at the magical, intuitive ability of brothers named Everly, Louvin, Medley and Avett to influence various generations. It seems to me that few have recognized Scott and Seth Avett’s place in this parade of musical history.I watched “All I Have to Do Is Dream,” “Wake …
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Selfish by Nature
I shouldn’t eat as much fried food. I’m probably drinking too much coffee (right at this moment, even). I should get more exercise. I should curb my vices, and, quite possibly, my enthusiasm. It’s stressful, you know. I don’t care, and to one extent or another, that’s true of most everyone. We pick our poisons, …
The Daze Ahead
I’m optimistic about the coming year, particularly since it just has to be better than the one just completed. People are going to smoke marijuana, and lots more aren’t going to mind it. It’s going to be decriminalized in some places, medicinalized in others and legalized in a few more. It is an ongoing process, …
Just Why Would Saddles Blaze?
Nothing sidetracks a morning like the discovery that “Blazing Saddles” is playing on IFC. This blog would be finished, undoubtedly on a different topic, if not for Lillie Von Shtupp, the Teutonic Titwillow. “Can’t you see this is the last act of a desperate man?” “I don’t care if it’s the first act of ‘Henry …
Time Passages
It won’t be long until proper names will mean nothing. The Big 10 will have 18 teams in football and 22 in other sports. The Big 12 will have eight schools. USC of Los Angeles will join the Atlantic Coast Conference, and USC of Columbia will be in the Mountain West. The House of Representatives …
The Godforsaken Glitter
Modern college football has taken the luster away from Notre Dame. Literally. I used to marvel at how glittery the Fighting Irish helmets were. Other teams wearing gold or silver would wear helmets that, by mid-season, were dulled by scrapes and streaks of colors from opposition helmets. Not the Irish. I wondered if they …
Going to Hell or Maybe Not
It’s so hard to find some balance. The world is changing with such swiftness that it’s hard to discern whether or not the balance is positive. For instance, does the playing of violent video games lead kids to grow up more violent? In a way, it’s nothing new. When I was a kid, we played …
Jesus Say What?
A fellow wrote that there were plenty of places in the New Testament where Jesus said homosexuality was an abomination, and that all these people who were going to write about the Bible needed to read it. Which is sort of the way I feel about the Constitution, but that’s another story. I wrote him …
Sometimes I Can’t Believe I Even Participate
This is just another Sunday, no better or worse than any other. Here are just a few tweets and posts that descended across my social-media timelines today:Looking for advice to get gasoline odor out of car capet. I goggled it and got everything from coffee grounds to Febreeze. Any suggestions?Febreze is handy, but I’d try …
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It’s Not Much, But It’s Home
I live in a small town, and I was born in a small town …Sometimes I feel a bit overqualified to live here, and I think lots of people think of me as being a bit eccentric. After all, I not only read books but write them.I ain’t right.I like it, though, because I think …
Nightrider's Lament 