My stomach was going, "no, no, no," but my taste buds were being gleefully transported back to 1972 and were not going to miss this opportunity at nostalgia no matter how much my stomach protested.
2010
As I rode a bus crossing the Beltline, I saw a digital sign for some furniture store that advertised its financing program by flashing the words “No Interest Until 2010.” The sign kind of creeped me out.
quiet
It’s funny—come November here in downtown Madison it feels like a switch has been flipped and it's now suddenly quieter. I think there are many reasons for this.
the day the sun crossed the equator
Now here I was again at Gillson Beach with the dome of the Baha'i Temple behind me in the distance--this time as a Wisconsin resident writing 150 miles from my home. Nevertheless, Lake Michigan was once again witness to the many conversations going on in my head, and boy, they were talking up a storm this time.
the previously unknown world of Sunday morning
With its 2 a.m. bar time, no one would accuse Madison of being “the city that never sleeps.” However, given the amount of partying that goes on downtown on most Saturday nights, it might be accurate to describe Madison as the “the city that sleeps in”—particularly on Sunday mornings. But now that I’ve started going to Sunday devotionals at the Baha'i Center here in Madison, my routine for that morning is changing.
evidence against Lisa Nowak rejected by Florida judge
Now a judge has said the search of her car that produced most of the embarrassing information broadcast around the world was an illegal search. I guess I’m not surprised.
on a quiet walk through James Madison Park after dropping a heavy piece of news
After I made my last post, I decided to go out for a walk to James Madison Park for some exercise and to think quietly to myself.
i am leaving Mahikari
But what I’ve posted about Mahikari is only half the story. It was only half of me talking.
a war on obesity or a war on obese people?
Can Big Brother succeed where Weight Watchers, Nutri-Systems, the Atkins Diet and Dr. Phil have failed? Or is a new scapegoat for spiraling health care costs being created?
hand sanitizer for a “touchable world”
Yesterday, I crossed a line I never thought I would cross. I bought a bottle of hand sanitizer.