Just a piano player

We are progressing with the major remodel of our upstairs bedrooms. Today, the new, large window went in. It was very heavy, and three hail ...

We are heading to Europe next month, and just look what the Euro/Dollar rate is doing. Back in January, when it was at $1.30, I held off buy...

But, something heard on NPR this morning has my blood boiling again. It's, as always, yet another case of 'missed opportunity'. ...

So, after the Democrat claims a narrow victory, the (long-time Republican) County clerk announces that an error occurred, and not only does ...

Actually, no matter which side comes out victorious, we win. Think about it - we are in the process of successfully destroying Gaddafi's...

So, you may recall that I spent about 5 amazing years working for Enron Broadband, ending somewhat abruptly in September 2001. At the peak o...

Lawrence O'Donnell has a good summary of the recent gaffe. To me, there are only three explanations: 1) Her staff really is that stupi...

No, not the Japanese nuclear crisis, as bad as that is. It's Saudi (i.e. Sunnis who dominate a Shi'a minority) troops marching into ...

Makes sense that NPR should bow its head in shame over this. Everybody knows that there has NEVER been even the slightest hint of racism a...

My mother-in-law's 100th birthday is today. This past weekend, we celebrated at her Pasadena home, with two parties, with family, frien...

While listening to the radio (OPB, of course) this morning, I heard a story that Bing has now overtaken Yahoo (big surprise, right?) as a se...

With reports that the Wisconsin police now standing in solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of protesters, I see a stirring of the Amer...

I guess George Bush's vision of 'Democracy on the March' was right. Once the idea of mass assembly to protest dictators takes h...

So we are going to Europe in late May for two weeks in Belgium and France. The bike-and-barge trip covers the area of Belgium that the Ger...

Once you piss off Anderson Cooper, it's all over.

That was the year that Revolutionary fervor swept Europe. Read all about it, if your history is hazy. Once the meme gets going, you can...

So, I watched last night, oddly absorbed in the twisted lives of these fictional people. Glad to learn that Bates is as great a guy as I had...

It was a busy day, with my doing a radio show in the morning, Karen going to a friend's funeral in the morning and to her office to work...

Email received this morning: They didn't even take the trouble to poach the Visa logo. C'mon, guys.

$1.29 today. Let's look at recent history: See the peak, in October 2009? That's when we were in Spain. I tried not not to think ...