Ocean

Q: If you’ve lived in Madison for 25 years and have a pretty reliable sense of direction, is it possible to get lost while walking within a ...

Ariel and I don’t speak the same language. Oh, we both use English words, but our meanings don’t coincide. She works behind the counter at B...

I am, I admit, rather a last minute person. I want to work ahead, but more often than not I prepare classes in the amount of time it take...

I was speaking to an attorney last night who works at the law firm where I once worked. He was with two other people (“I came to the recepti...

I’ve just come back from a reception for the 30 participants in the Summer Program at the Law School – a program that teaches the basics of ...

A summer rain on a Sunday afternoon... What to do? 1. Work on my lecture notes. 2. Listen to Ann on WHA radio talk about blogging (che...

strawberries put to good use 

For some time now I’ve been worried that people are liking “nice” less and less and “rotten” (at least in small doses) more and more. [I am ...

Tomorrow is the 100th birthday of the late Pablo Neruda, perhaps the most beloved and widely read poet in the world. I am certainly a fan. F...

Trivial points are exactly what a Saturday needs. Interspersed with Market color. 1. A visitor who had not been to Madison for a number o...

The NYTimes has an article today ( here ) about the expansion of high speed internet access. Yes, its availability is expected now in hotels...

Paris now, before Wi-Fi 

Sometimes when I post something here, I cannot wait to post again, just so that the previous post does not stand out with its atrociously...

prairie flowers and grasses (and bugs) 

only in nature does this pairing of colors work 

happy looking Susans 

BoringAng is blogging about Christmas imagery and JeremyF is linking to Christian websites that warn against associating with atheists (mi...

Occasionally, in a moment of musing about your past, you google a memory. Indeed, this is what must have happened, as I got the most remarka...

I opened the New Yorker this afternoon to the following ad from a credit card company: (nc: poor Glenna -- she takes the plunge and then ...

Last night I attended a blogger dinner: five bloggers (representing Boring , Bed , SirEP and Ocean) sat face to face and talked about the t...