Wherein I break in my first meme

Yow, this is going to be tough. As important as books have been in my life, even to the extent of managing two different bookstores and two stints in graduate school, my life hasn’t been a bookish life. Tomes that I tended to read as a youngster tended to the non-fiction side of things, trivia [...]

Wherein I lamely name drop

Now that the kids are in that wonderful twilight between the end of homework and bedtime (a period of usually 60 to 90 minutes) I have time to write a second post for the day. The previous one was quite elliptical, mostly because the image around which I based the story was lost in the [...]

Wherein I unnecessarily quote Newton

Penelope Trunk’s most recent post is a real kick-in-the-pants to those of who have not found a “point” to our blogs. The question is: do you start a blog with a focus in mind, not knowing whether that topic is broad enough to sustain a compelling blog over the long haul, or do you just [...]

Welcome back, my friends

“Another job that you hope at last/ Will make your future forget your past.”
Let’s see if I can make this work. It’s been a whirlwind year at PQV headquarters: a couple of moves, lots of fun, a couple of tears, and here I am back in Indiana. As I turn the key on the door [...]

Close calls

I’m a tad groggy today. And, given that I’m not a coffee-drinker, I have to find some other way of keeping focused. [It's not that I don't drink coffee at all. I will drink it as a accompaniment to breakfast, or after dinner. However, I don't use it to wake up in the morning or to [...]

Breaking radio silence

Sports Bureau:

Much like the two New York football teams actually play in New Jersey, the Chicago Bears QB situation is all about Indiana. For now West Lafayette (home of Purdue, Kyle “Neck Beard Ninja” Orton’s alma mater) has beaten out Bloomington (home of Bloomington South HS, Rex “Sex Cannon” Grossman’s alma mater. I can now officially wear [...]

Mortgage crisis hits home

A neighbor of ours hadn’t been mowing his grass for a while, and a couple of weeks ago we saw a Rent-A-Center-type van in the driveway. The Wife and I were confused, but then it all became clear to us when we talked to some other neighbors (gotta love the information systems of the suburbs). [...]