Category: Miscellanea

  • Because It’s There

    I made it! Rainier was incredible. Unfortunately, as I suspected, my physical conditioning was pretty borderline, so I was dragging on the way down, but I did make both the summit and the trip down under my own power. What an incredible mountain. I plan to post a lot more on this; more details are…

  • The Zac Brown Band

    My sister Annie introduced me to the Zac Brown Band, last night. Twenty-four hours later, they are one of my favorite groups. Excellent. If you like country or Southern rock, at all, go to the site and listen to the three free streams.

  • Mt. Rainier

    A little while back, a friend (who also happens to be my dentist) invited me to join him on a Mt. Rainier climb, next month. I jumped at the opportunity, but the company that organizes these trips told me the trip in question was booked full. Well, yesterday, I got off the waitlist. I’m going!…

  • Signed Base Sweetness!

    I went and saw the Cubs-Tigers game, today. To all you ultra-hardcore Southsiders: yes, it is okay to like both teams, not a sign of mental defect, and I’m still a Sox fan! Anyway, the game was a disaster – every run scored for either side was on a home run. There were eleven of…

  • More Earthquakes

    My sleepy little hometown is rockin’ and rollin’. My parents report that they felt this one, too.