Holiday Cheer

The last few years have been a bit difficult. Between my parents getting sick and dying, my consulting work drying up, and the ongoing recession, by this time last year things were looking precarious and about to get worse. But now my life is settling back into order and things are starting to look up again. So on this Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for all my friends who … [Read more...] about Thanks For My Friends

No, I'm not having a Happy Easter. My wife has major surgery tomorrow, and my cat is dying. I'm not exactly feeling God's love right now.I don't want to go into too much detail out of respect for her privacy, but my wife's medical problem is not at all life threatening. She's just got a body part that is starting to cause her some pain, and tomorrow a surgeon will go in and … [Read more...] about Not Feeling That Easter Spirit

I just wanted to take a moment to wish Joel Rosenberg a Merry Christmas! Yeah, Joel, you heard me. I know you're Jewish, so I suppose it's just Chinese food on Saturday to you, but I'm glad you're home with your family today. For a while there, that was not a sure thing, so I think it's cause for a bit of merriment. … [Read more...] about Merry Christmas, Joel

In the spirit of a holiday named after a wise Jew from the (middle) east, I think it's only fair to direct you to Simple Justice, where Scott Greenfield has posted a heartfelt thanks for all his fellow blawgers: Blawgers give of their time, their thoughts, their talents to write.  In return, they are told how ignorant and stupid they are by people they don't … [Read more...] about Merry Bloggy Christmas

For the last twenty years or so, my wife and I have spent every Thanksgiving with my parents. However, my parents both passed away this year. Everyone says the holidays are hard times after a loss, and I've had two of them, so I've been a bit concerned about how this Thanksgiving would go. Fortunately, some good friends have invited us to join them for dinner. This year, … [Read more...] about Thanks For My Friends