Remember last week when I was so happy that the onslaught of political ads would finally cease since Election Day had passed? (Clicking that link and looking back.) Well, that was Election Day 2023. Now I’m already getting ads (text … Continue reading
Over the weekend my son suggested to me, out of the blue, that an interesting list would be one which associated a beverage with every month of the year. My son. Clearly I have raised him well, if I do … Continue reading
A decade ago I started posting at “the web home of Michael O’Connell,” my little corner of the Internet labeled mikeoconnelljr.com. Among other things the first post noted the “non-pecuniary benefits of having one’s own blog.” I can pretty much … Continue reading
One of the greater themes of my life has been if no one is letting me do this I’m just going to do it myself. Can’t get a job at a newspaper? Start your own. Can’t get a job on a … Continue reading
Election Eve and I’m damned excited. (Pause.) Excited I’m no longer going to receive any solicitation about this damned election. … Continue reading
Today on Math and Musings I’m a bit all over the map. I begin with recounting a few animal encounters, segueing into cocktail parties which then morph into Christmas parties. This is what happens when I don’t have a guest there … Continue reading
Pretty much everything I do in life I like to log here as some sort of backup diary. Some day as I’m writing my memoirs if I’ve misplaced all of my books, articles, CDs, actual diaries, and episodes of the … Continue reading
Two weeks ago I was alerted to an anniversary. A fiftieth anniversary, as a matter of fact, for one Peter Jenkins and his walk across America. Yeah, Peter Jenkins, author of A Walk Across America, began said walk on October 15, … Continue reading
Running the risk of playing second banana on my own show, I’ve got Franklin O. on the podcast today discussing all things fall. Even though it was like 80 degrees yesterday and will be again today. … Continue reading
This was the World Series no fan nor studio executive one wanted. Shoot. Diamondbacks-Rangers? Snakes and lawmen? Sounds more like the plot of an old Western. And speaking of movies and things that are terrible… Monday I referenced Netflix’s #1 … Continue reading