Dateline Van Merc Hill: I’m posting from the couch at Emily’s house, sitting with her daughter Maggie, watching the Macy’s Day Parade. Yes, I used the abridged commercial name for the parade. Deal with it. The only part I paid attention to was Hadestown. I pointed out Liam to the girls, there are four of […]
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No, I Don’t Mean Aslan
I’m still having major sleep issues. Last night the problem was not being able to sleep. Let’s see if I can fix my sleep schedule by not napping the rest of the day and going to sleep at a reasonable hour tonight. My mother would say that I have a guilty conscience. I suspect that’s […]
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Feathers and Banana Nose
I spent much of my therapy session discussing how I am having problems staying awake. I slept till noon this morning. I went to bed at 1 AM. This is becoming a real problem. How did I get by at NERFA? I’ve had two cups of coffee and if I let myself, I could fall […]
I didn’t do anything exciting yesterday, but I thought of things to write about and miracle of miracles I can remember a few of them. Let’s see if they can stick in my head long enough for me to write them down. I did go shopping at Aldi yesterday and while out I did something, […]
It’s tough being a liberal. Our moral center is that everyone has inherent worth, that everyone has the ability to improve, that that there is no us against them, that everyone is part of us. What makes it tough is that we have to argue against the tribalists without becoming tribalists. The temptation is so […]
Last night I went to my first Knick game of the season. The Knicks are not good; the technical term is bad. Going into last night’s game their record was 3-10. They were playing another bad team, the Cleveland Cavaliers who were 4-8. Vegas had the Knicks as 2-point favorites. FiveThirtyEight had the Knicks as […]
Yesterday was Sunday so I went to church. I didn’t just go to a concert at a church, I went to an actual church service, vespers! I just had to look up exactly what vespers meant, an evening prayer service. So why did the Jewish atheist go to St. Peter’s Church last night? It was […]
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Byrd Watching
It’s a lot easier to blog when I’ve done something the day before. Sadly, those are also the days that I think of the philosophical topics to write about that I always forget by the time it comes to write after a slow day. I could get meta and write about that; except I did […]
I usually decry those people that complain that some event is so tradition shattering that it portends the end of civilization. The only thing that doesn’t change, is that there is always change, or so I thought. But I was wrong, there is a tradition that’s sacred to me and shattering it does portend the […]
I slept late today, good thing we turn the clocks back tonight. If I next wake up 24 hours after that I’ll be right on schedule. That doesn’t help me get things done today; things like blogging. Good thing I have something to write about. It wasn’t planned but yesterday was a mental health day. […]
Wise Madness 