Author Archives: Al

The South Is Always Different, Part II (Django Unchained)

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Al

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll shudder in revulsion, and, most important, you’ll think about just what makes America such a mélange of good and evil. Continue reading →

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The South Is Always Different

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Al

“The South is always different” – Mr. Dibble, first day of Sociology 101 in college I’ve been in 47 different states, 42 by the time I left high school. For some reason, my father never wanted to visit the Deep … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2012

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Al

Wishing you all the Best of the Season and Beyond! Continue reading →

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Now IS The Time

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Al

Those of us who think even one life lost to a bullet is wrong must keep the conversation going, to provide the same level of moral suasion that changed attitudes about drunk driving, or in an earlier era, about racial segregation. It can be done, it just requires concerted, systematic, repeated emphasis on what we should all agree on – that we don’t want any more mass killings in public places, be it of school kids, movie goers, any of us Continue reading →

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Road Trip IV

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Al

“Sure, the Chinese. One hundred thousand of ’em. They go up there every night to polish the moguls.”

“Polish the moguls?”

“Yeah. See, Sun Valley is famous for its bumps. They like to keep them shined, so they look sharp in the sun. Polish ’em every night when it’s not snowing. The Chinese work cheap – they’re descendants of the guys who put the railroad up here. Continue reading →

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Road Trip III

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Al

Apparently Jim smiled all the time because he was stoned all the time. Continue reading →

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Road Trip II

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Al

“Look, this sign: this place is so small, they’ve really got the name on both sides of the sign!” Continue reading →

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Road Trip I

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Al

…The cushioning of all that snow over the usually knee-jarring mogul field had a deliriously clearing effect on my brain. I suddenly saw that skiing in these bumps was simply a matter of moving my knees from my chest down to my ankles and back again as quickly and painlessly as possible. Continue reading →

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Running Fast and Slow

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Al

Without going into the molecular details of muscle contractions, what’s going on when we train at different speeds is really all the same thing. We are increasing all the elements necessary to make muscle contract. Continue reading →

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Comeback Kid

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Al

2-3 years from now, we may begin to realize that the US economy has much more resilience, innovation, and growth potential then we’ve been assuming since the housing bubble burst here. And China, for all its size, its monolithic state capitalism, and aggrandizement of manufacturing expertise, may just find itself running out of steam, just as Japan did 25 years ago. Continue reading →

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