Raising Camelot

The “P.Q.”

his tragedy Medea, Euripides wrote: Quem deus vult perdere, dementat prius. (Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mothers with two sons to potty-train.) Okay, my Latin might be off by a smidgen, but that's what he meant. That Euripides was totally brill. My ... View Post

Actually, I do.

in Confidential, Dwell on 07/12/10

is one phrase, above all others, I cannot stand. One phrase — just six words of the English language — that sends my dander to an altitude topped only by my blood pressure. "You don't want to do that." [1. Acceptable alternative phrasing includes, but is not limited to: "That's a great idea, but in ... View Post

Alpha Testing the Cabinets

in Dwell on 07/09/10

last I have an update on the bathroom remodel project — specifically our attempt to transform, rather than replace, our existing bathroom cabinetry. Here it is. All done. Don't I wish. Here is the actual "alpha test" of the transformed cabinetry. Since I wasn't entirely sure my crazy, ... View Post

Highlights from Our Fourth

in Confidential on 07/06/10

spent the 4th of July in Arkansas with my Dad's family and had a wonderful time catching up with the many branches of our large and far-flung tribe. My paternal grandparents were married on Independence Day some sixty-plus years ago and it has been "O" family tradition for my Dad and his three ... View Post

Lives, Fortunes & Sacred Honor

in Confidential, Incite on 07/04/10

hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers ... View Post