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Monthly Archives April 2006

How I spent my Tuesday evening

Is there anything more relaxing than watching a baseball game from great seats on a warm-ish April night?  Nothing comes immediately to mind. But hey, fellow in the seat in front of me, what's the deal with your perfect posture?  Do you know how hard it is to watch a baseball game behind someone with perfect posture?  [...]

Posted 26 April 2006 by Will § Observations ‡ Comments Off °

Suggestions from the audience

This is going to be a bit like improvisational comedy, in which the subject matter comes from ideas shouted by members of the audience. There are several differences: No shouting No audience No comedy (this last one isn’t really much of a difference) For this first attempt, helpful reader “Allan” suggested that I write about [...]

Posted 19 April 2006 by Will § Observations ‡ Comments Off °

Did you have a nice Easter?

A botched execution may be a cause for celebration among the family and friends of the condemned, but it's an odd foundation for a serious personal worldview.

Posted 17 April 2006 by Will § Observations ‡ Comments Off °

Appreciation

I am most of the way through Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything, the middle of which describes a number of probable, unpreventable events that would kill all of us very quickly (asteroids, solar flares, volcanic eruptions, toxic gas emissions, and so on, to say nothing of more gradual calamities like viral outbreaks or [...]

Posted 07 April 2006 by Will § Observations ‡ Comments (1) °