Bo I had an unfortunate Popeyes habit several years ago. I’d get the five-piece tenders combo four or five times a month at the drive-through and sit in the parking lot and snarf it like an addict. “Gee, Dr. Sommerset, no idea why I can’t lose any weight…” I saw my friend Amanda last week, and … Read more
My good friend Beth and I went to a couple of concerts last year—a group with her husband and my son Aaron to Extreme w/s/g Living Colour at Mars Music Hall in the spring, and then just the two of us to P!nk in Birmingham right before Thanksgiving. So on the way down we started … Read more
Del Taco was much bigger than Taco Bell when I was growing up in Anniston and Oxford. Our favorite babysitter Danette took Jenny and me there a lot. Plus, Oxford High School let out at 3 and band practice started at 3:30, so lots of band kids jaywalked across Highway 78 to Del Taco in … Read more
No time for snail mail this time, as there may still be some hope to register enough immediate discontent. Emailed this morning: Dear President Bell and Provost’s Office representatives, I am writing to express my deep disappointment at this morning’s news that Donald Trump will deliver a commencement address at the University of Alabama this … Read more
BLUF: the Impossible Foods bratwurst isn’t awful, but it’s a pretty solid miss. This is the first Impossible Foods product I’ve tried since the burger (in the forms of an Impossible Whopper and the Impossible taco salad at CHOP N FRESH). The burger is an analog of surprisingly high fidelity. The bratwurst is not, and … Read more
This is actually my third letter to Dale Strong. I didn’t make a post out of the one I hand-delivered to his Huntsville office last month. The reply I received from Strong was polite and safe, of course. He’s clearly giving no consideration whatsoever to a real town hall, nor would he dare speak out … Read more
One morning last week I had a particularly vivid dream right before I woke up for the day. We had two bananas left. One was a day or so away from being fully ripe, with a tiny hint of green near the top of the peel. The other wasn’t quite to banana bread stage, but … Read more
Please excuse some substantial recycling of language from my first letter to Dr. Condoleezza Rice. I did update a couple of things to reflect the current state of horror. I do not think George W. Bush’s presidency was perfect, nor did I agree with all of his policies (though I think it’s clear he’s tacked … Read more
U.S. Representative Mike Lawler, R-NY, actually complained about the effects of Trump’s ongoing assault on the country this week. He should be encouraged. I have done so. (Are you missing gridlock yet?)
Just at some mental misfire or another? I think Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSs) are the bees’ knees. I have them on all of my computers, of course, but I have several more deployed in convenience applications. If you run a lot of UPSs, then you know their batteries typically require replacement after four or five … Read more