by Bill on December 31, 2004
While there is a natural inclination when something like an old year ends to look back and review, my memory is so poor I usually make a schmozzle of it. I recall imperfectly and forget largely. So I tend to refrain from reviewing. (Aside … see my update mention below re: Seth’s blog.) Still, I [...]
by Bill on December 29, 2004
I have a great dislike for the knee-jerk cynic. I have one residing in me and it’s often a tussle keeping him bound and gagged. But sometimes I let him have his say if only because he makes interesting observations (though not always for the right reasons). An aspect of the tsunami tragedy in South [...]
by Bill on December 28, 2004
You may have thought I was joking when I put up a post about making a list of intentions for 2005 (as opposed to resolutions). Yes, I did end the post with a mildly amusing joke but I wasn’t joking about the list. While barely started, and certainly of meaning more to me than to [...]
by Bill on December 28, 2004
I don’t believe in end-of-year resolutions. A resolution often requires an absolution, if only from yourself. “Gee, I really meant to do that …” So I recoil from the idea of setting myself up for a series of humiliations that accumulate as the new year rolls out and one brave commitment after another is modified, [...]
by Bill on December 28, 2004
My blogging in December (and November, for that matter) has been lame at best. But my delinquency hasn’t been restricted to blogging. No, all my non-work related writing has suffered. I’ve neglected e-mails, my other sites, fiction … you name it. If it’s a form of writing I enjoy, I’ve let it go. Apologies to [...]