Necessary Roughness

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Cranach: Secular Liturgies
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Dr. Veith over at Cranach linked to a Washington Post column that notes that there is a pattern, dare he say, a liturgy, about the way politicians reveal their wrongdoing to the public. The comments are great, as they cover Little League, kids in trouble at school, the birthday party, and the wedding reception.
I give [...]

Stuck in Denver
Friday, March 7th, 2008

I’d had some warning that the weather was going to be rough in Columbus, so I spent some of my few United miles and got a First Class ticket. The first leg, from Sacramento to Denver, went fine, and I got some cool pictures from the window of the airplane:

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Great San Francisco Day!
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

I met Lutheran Lucciola and her husband for an awesome tour of San Francisco. She has written a great post about the day’s happenings. I took over 40 pictures, uploading the best to the gallery.
San Francisco looked great with its parks, cable cars, and bridges, but the homes completely overgrew the island like Coruscant in [...]

A False Start Going West
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

I had allowed the normal 45 minutes to get to the airport, but icy roads and traffic snarls stretched that to about 80 minutes.
The traffic service used by the radio stations described I-70 westbound from Ohio 256 to Brice Road as “heavy” at 6:50am. The traffic had already backed up past Ohio 310, for a [...]

Californians Generally Are Not Nice?
Friday, February 1st, 2008

While class was going on, I would ride with one of the employees to the restaurant of choice. One supervisor told me that whenever he would leave the state, the people he visited would generally be nicer than other Californians.
I said that I hadn’t sampled enough California hospitality to judge for myself. Okay, so [...]

Drugs
Thursday, January 31st, 2008

I despise acetaminophen.
About 4:00 this morning (yes I realize that’s 7 Eastern, but I’ve gotten over the time change) I wake up with a nasty headache. Base of the skull, off to the right, nasty headache. I look in my stuff, and I have Tylenol Extra Strength. I take it, lie down to [...]

KCI Airport May Reconfigure
Thursday, January 17th, 2008

The Kansas City Star reports (link dead) that the Kansas City International Airport is undergoing its normal 10-year long-range planning. Airport planners want to ditch the airport’s unique 3-C or clover configuration and build a giant terminal that could serve as an airport hub. U.S. Rep for Missouri’s 6th District Sam Graves has come out [...]

Skybus Loses $16 Million in its First Quarter
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

Skybus is a Columbus-based airline that has allowed my parents to inexpensively and visit us a couple of times. Other than a flight that was late because it was late on the previous leg, they haven’t had any problems. Some tickets go as low as $25 and even $10 if you purchase them far [...]

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