Atlanta, GA May 22, 2019 Today marks a major milestone. The number twelve and its duodecuple system have a distinguished and durable history as a chronicler of human affairs and measure of human activity. Even the prosaic rationality of the metric system, gestating during the 17th and 18th centuries, born of La Marseillaise and Marianne in 1799, and extending […]
Barnsley Gardens, GAMay 17, 2019 This week started quickly, like a piece of trash in a fast-moving stream. It ended peacefully, in this corner of paradise an hour-and-a-half northwest of Atlanta. This is our second consecutive year coming here for the annual meeting of The Georgia Tech Alumni Board, of which my wife is a […]
St. Louis, MOMay 15, 2019 “Is this your bag?” “Yes”. “I need to take a look inside.” Sigh… “Uh oh. Here it is. You can’t bring a bottle of wine thru security. You can go back and check the bag, or leave the bottle here.” I completely forgot I had packed the cabernet gift the […]
Atlanta, GAMay 4, 2019 “Uh, oh. We better be careful…he’s probably going to editorialize about this evening.” “Don’t worry”, I assured George as we left last night, “I wouldn’t do that…” Much like you should never finalize a deal while riding on the other person’s yacht, you should never take seriously anything uttered after 10pm […]
This is a bit like publicizing my awkward high school year book photo, but below is an edition from the archives. I cringe a bit at the writing, but smile at the memories. Nice, France February 22, 2000 Were human history a library ravaged by a fire from which only a single book emerged, what […]
St. Louis, MOMay 1, 2019 Like a terminal patient who learns he has 90 days to get his affairs in order, but that the prognosis was post-marked three months earlier…you’ll be grateful for the silver lining that I have nothing to write about, but mortified by the cloud bringing you this note anyway. Many of […]
Atlanta, GAApril 21, 2019 Have you ever braced yourself for a Michael Jackson biopic on Nickelodeon, a George Carlin routine at a convent, or a Sarah Palin press conference anywhere…ready to cringe, wince, and contort so much that your face resembles Keith Richards after a hangover? The subject of this note may very well have […]
Atlanta, GA April 15, 2019 Beware the Ides of April. Today we rendered unto Caesar what Caesar says are the things that belong to Caesar. In Paris, a much greater treasure has been lost. As Holy Week begins and Lent ends, we grieve for the things that belong to God. During the reign of Louis VII […]
Tampa, FLApril 6, 2019 We are not in Tampa often… …or at least not often enough. Or at least not often enough during the pleasant “winter” months, when the wind chill dips into the 60s, cardigans emerge from lower drawers or top shelves, and ambient conditions don’t resemble the inside of a locked van in […]
Atlanta, GAMarch 24, 2019 “Do you want to stay?” “Are you kidding me?”, replied my incredulous wife to her dorkish husband. “This is the best part. People ordinarily spend hundreds of dollars to see him.” “Oh.” At that moment, the lights dimmed, fireworks erupted, and Steve Harvey introduced Bruno Mars. I can’t recall the last […]