I’ve had the new Mellencamp CD for a couple of weeks now so I’ve had a chance to listen to it at least a dozen times, probably more.
This is a good album, probably Mellencamp’s best in the last 10 years. You’ve heard the first single, Peaceful World, o…
Last week I got a friendly email from Ryan. He had searched on Leesburg bloggers or something similar and had ended up here. After trading a few emails we have realized that not only do we live in the same neighborhood, our houses are about 200 yards a…
We rescued two dogs today from an uncertain future. Michelle went out this morning to adopt one dog – came home with two. Technically, we haven’t adopted Fenway, we are providing a foster home. However, I’m sure we’ll be adopting Fenway in the very nea…
The family dog, in a lot of ways our first child, passed away this morning. We knew it was coming, he was given 2-4 weeks to live about 16 months ago. Our Vet quit trying to explain his persistence in sticking around a while ago – there was no medical …
Today is our 10th Wedding Anniversary. It’s hard to believe that it was that long ago that we took off to Hawaii and got married. This very special day consisted of:
One sick daughter, complete with upset stomach and fever
One Cub Scout fishing outing…
The Great War is an epic 3 volume series (actually 4 counting the prequel) depicting an alternate history of the USA if the South had won The War of Northern Aggression. The Prequel, “How Few Remain'” recounts a second civil war about 20 years later. T…
If you appreciate 70’s folk musicians, Jim Croche, Paul Simon, James Taylor, even the Beatles although they aren’t really folk – then I have an artist you really need to check out. It’s Adam Michael Rothberg and the CD title is “All the Whispering.” Th…
This is a well done survey of Irish history, from Brian Boru, to King Red Hugh O’Donnell, to Gerry Adams. I finished this book with a much better understanding of Irish history and the dynamic between the Irish and British that led to 800 years of hatr…
Well, I’m trying the weblog thing again. This time I’m using Greymatter, which I spent a good deal of time this weekend configuring. It’s server software running on my server so I’m not dependent on Blogger being up all the time. I just have this thing…
