People always want too much for National Geographics. They have two huge bundles bound up with twine and they want a buck apiece or else take the whole bunch for ten bucks. I don’t generally buy them, but I did pay a buck for this one edition. It had an […]

My friend Ian passed away yesterday, but he died a long time ago, a victim of the great god alcohol. While I honor him for the wonderful person he was, my thoughts are more with the people he harmed terribly, recklessly and needlessly. That would include his wonderful children and […]

Here’s our favorite contestant on “America’s Next Top Model ” at a recent “Birdbrain Party” Our pal Catherine Our buddy Star Sarah’s proud dad

In case you missed the show, here’s Sarah all dolled up. You can see an interview at the show’s website.

We had a little party at the GoNOMAD Cafe to celebrate my daughter’s television debut on a show called “America’s Next Top Model.” As she approached the judges, she had a little piece of paper sticking out of her nose. Then she pulled it out. It was one of those […]

I saw these guys flying their powered paragliding in a field near my house. It’s a cool way to get around if it’s not too windy. You can find out more from the US Powered Paragliding Association.

This entry is about a fairy tale that could not possibly have happened, which caused me to rethink my values about truth and justice. It’s also about a real-life situation in which a guy well known for doing the right thing was able to save the lives of two really […]

Our family had a bit of funny news when my daughter Sarah got picked for “America’s Next Top Model.” Then we read that Ari Brown-Weeks was killed in Iraq. His dad was one of Sarah’s teachers. Friends of Sarah might like to watch the show, but no one in our […]

Here’s the third image that I mentioned in my entry “Fun in Mesopotamia.” These incredibly detailed Assyrian reliefs usually depict mighty warrior kings fighting and storming cities and enslaving and executing and skinning their enemies, and they usually look fairly stiff and static, but here I think the artist really […]

This is “the frightful monster H*mbada. The asterisk stands for a ‘u’; it’s unlucky to spell it out or say it. According to the Lost Horizons Book of Lost Worlds, “Because his ominous features, foreshadowing evil, were sometimes seen in the innards of a sacrificed beast, his face was envisaged […]