We had a house guest this weekend. That was a little unsettling. My wife and I haven't had somebody stay overnight at our house since before the Continue Reading
What am I Still Doing Here?
Wednesday was my birthday. It generally falls on the spring equinox, but this year the changing of seasons came a day early, probably because it's a Continue Reading
I’m Not Woke… Neither is West Point
Yesterday I read some mindless article about an apparent scandal at West Point, my alma mater. I shouldn't have done that. The whole story was simply Continue Reading
Enormous Balls
Stefan came to visit us today. Stefan is our youngest son. He's tall and muscular. His arms are completely covered with animal tattoos. He has a Continue Reading
Telling Tales
I go to a lot of libraries. Mostly, I go to them with my toddler grandson, Asher. Especially in winter, when the weather is nasty outside, a library Continue Reading
Dad. Hey Dad!
"Dad. Hey Dad." Those words slipped into a dream I was having. I couldn't match the words with the voice of anyone in the dream. Then I heard them Continue Reading
“At least I wasn’t sitting in jail waiting for it.”
We arrived in the lobby outside of the courtroom half an hour early. We were there for the woman's third court appearance. The young woman expected to Continue Reading
Locking Up People Doesn’t Seem to Help
"In 2023, over five million people are under supervision by the (U.S.) criminal justice system, with nearly two million people incarcerated in state Continue Reading
Chaos Incarnate and Islands of Stability
When I was a cadet at West Point, ages ago, I was required to take a semester-long class on ThermoFluid Dynamics. I don't why I needed to take this Continue Reading
She Won’t Dodge the Bullet Forever
Room 146 is the Preliminary Courtroom for Milwaukee County. Compared to the pre-preliminary courtroom I saw a couple of weeks ago; it didn't look that Continue Reading
I Miss War
My son, Hans, went to war in July 2011. His unit was deployed to Iraq and was stationed near Baghdad. Hans got hurt while he was in Iraq, and he hurt Continue Reading
Cold to Your Bones
It happened during the summer of 1978, but I can't remember exactly when it was. I was attending a three-week-long class at the Northern Warfare Continue Reading