Today it seemed like my Mom just really needed some company, so we spent some time together. We went shopping up at the mall. First, we went to get some new towels for the bathrooms and ended up getting 5 sets (towels, washcloths, and hand-towels) for about $75 USD. Second, we went to the bookstore, …
Tag: tidbit
Jan 18 2007
Board retirement
There comes a time in every man’s board’s life when it has to be erased and updated. Today is that day for my dry-erase board in my room. On this particular board is a collection of interesting, prophetic, and outlandishly amusing quotes, sayings, and proverbs. Before the board is updated, however, I need to immortalise …
Jan 17 2007
What is the goal of a writer?
Recently I started reading Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice. It is typical Mann in that every scene is an intricately woven web; a coalescence of words so delicately crafted that you timidly turn the page, as to not disturb the sleeping ink. One passage was so powerful that I couldn’t resist sharing it. In it, …
Thought for the Moment
