http://colindullaghan.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:54:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, I guess my sign in the yard did the trick. Obama won, and even carried Indiana.And you know, it's funny. Nothing has really changed yet, and our new president won't even take office for a few more months. And when he does, he'll inherit a mountain of problems that ... http://colindullaghan.com/blog/2008/11/05/a-new-day/ Voter turnout in this country has for the last four decades hovered right around 50%. Of all the people who are citizens of age, mentally competent, not felons and registered, only about half actually show up to take part in the democratic process.That's not one of the things I'm most ... http://colindullaghan.com/blog/2008/11/04/exercise-your-uninformed-opinion/ Today I celebrate Penny's and my fourth-and-a-half wedding anniversary. She doesn't know it yet.It's a silly date, I suppose, but four and a half is my favorite number, so it only seems natural to get excited over the day on which it's been four years and six months since our ... http://colindullaghan.com/blog/2008/11/03/up-ahead/ It's funny that I should title this post that, since it's so long overdue, but better late than never, I suppose. It's also not a misspelling, though I sympathize with folks who would assume so.The Stich in question is more properly termed a 'Stich, as in Aerostich Roadcrafter One Piece ... http://colindullaghan.com/blog/2008/10/31/a-stich-in-time/ I was just reading a very good article about American food policy, and noticed that it also touched on connected issues like climate change and oil addiction. Overall, a thoughtful and insightful essay -- though in light of its placement on the New York Times' site, it might have been ... http://colindullaghan.com/blog/2008/10/23/its-complicated/ My grandma passed away this morning, about an hour before Penny and I woke up. She was 87, and already as I write this I hear the flat, plainspoken tone of an obituary starting to emerge. A life summed up in a paragraph, with all the juicy stuff left out. ... http://colindullaghan.com/blog/2008/10/13/june-dullaghan/ She's beautiful. http://colindullaghan.com/blog/2008/10/09/profound-and-poetic/ With all the flexibility and uncertainty in life, isn't it amazing that some things still flow in a steady and predictable way?"You can't unring a bell," goes the saying, nor can you unscramble an egg. The entropy of the universe tends to a maximum. But today the arrow of time ... http://colindullaghan.com/blog/2008/10/08/now-you-dont-see-it-now-you-do/ On vacation in Laguna Beach, California for a few days. Looking forward to some uneventful beach lolling and gallery strolling.So far the people watching is almost as good as the car ogling. And that's all the -ings for today, since it's 11 here but 3 a.m. our time, and we've ... http://colindullaghan.com/blog/2008/09/28/out-like-a-trout/ In a completely uncharacteristic maneuver, I took no pictures of this weekend's motorcycle adventure. Tom and I took a course from the Indiana Motorcycle Operator Safety Education Program - the Experienced Rider Course. We decided it was a good time to hone his skills, since he's only been back riding ... http://colindullaghan.com/blog/2008/09/22/two-dozen-wheels-two-dozen-expressions/