Category Archives: Miscellany
Of Weddings and Playing Your Part
Yesterday afternoon for the first time, I officiated a wedding. It was that of my niece, Severa. (I have many nieces.) She first approached me about doing it early this year. She doesn’t belong to a church, and in her view she thought the wedding would be more special if someone in her family conducted …
Chanting, Not Just Calling Bullshit
If you happened to be watching last night’s edition of Sunday Night Football you witnessed several things that bordered on incredible. So many story lines were playing out, they could fill a small library. Unlike Bob Costas I don’t feel that every single sporting event that takes place has some profound impact on the human race. Yet …
Appreciation through Basics
Football started last week. I’m happy to say that both the Ravens and my fantasy football team were victorious in week one. Sadly, I couldn’t see the awesome season opener for the Ravens on Monday night because I was attending a writers meeting. (One has to sacrifice for one’s art sometimes.) Mom was watching though. …
Book Review: Susan Cain’s “Quiet”
Last night I finished reading Susan Cain’s Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. As I mentioned in my review on Goodreads, I think this book has value, and I applaud Cain for writing it. However, I felt somewhat disappointed in my experience with same. The title of the book, and indeed the …
Still Standing. Okay, Maybe Leaning.
As some of my Twitter followers have survived by now, I have been away from regular internet access until yesterday morning. In fact until yesterday morning, I was rarely at my own home for about four days. On Friday evening, it would seem that a meteorological phenomena, (the name of which I heard once, and cannot for …
Ty Unglebower 