Daily Archives: 08/12/2006

my namesake show

Tonight is the annual screening on CBS of my favorite Rankin-Bass special: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. It helps, of course, that he shares my first name (phonetically, at least). And I share some of his “misfit” self-confidence: as a kid I was never part of any one group, and that’s always been my way. I

remembering john

“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace.” – John Winston Ono Lennon (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980)

snow!

Tonight saw the first snow of the season in Washington, DC! Granted, it was only flurries and won’t stick, but it’s SNOW! WHEE!!! YAY!!! IT’S ABOUT FRIGGIN’ TIME!!! And even better: the Blue Ridge Mountains should receive up to a foot of the flaky, cold goodness. That’s music to the ears of the local ski