Musical Wanderer

When the cat's away, the birds will...well, let me explain. My wife was away this week.  She went to Spain with her sisters to see her niece graduate from college.  She posted on Facebook, "the weather isn't the only thing in Spain that's hot."  I commented "to borrow from BBC Sherlock, 'Down, girl.'" While she was dreaming of spicy Spaniards, I found distraction as well.  I wish I could provide exciting tales.  My distraction was building a plastic model of a navy ship. Building plastic models is not a typical hobby of fifty-something men living with their wives instead of in their mothers' basements.  Nor is it typical of bleeding heart liberals with pacifist tendencies.  I take no responsibility for reacquiring my adolescent hobby a few years ago.  That lies with my Mediterranean-ogling love.  A couple years ago, we went to her friend's wedding in southern Massachusetts.  A friend of mine lived nearby in Providence, so we we...

Combine baseball with dogs.  Who can resist? Pups at the Park at Nats Stadium on Saturday, May 17. Can we go home yet? It's hard to be adorable Maybe I can catch that ball with an F on it When is the beer man coming again? I'm a cat at heart See, the other dog sat in his dad's lap Text a picture of me to the dogs at the dog park Hey, that collie over there is kinda hot. Can I have some of your hot dog? I get scared when Soriano comes out. This is great.  Can we come again?  Did the Nats load the bases with Mets again?  Go back to Shea Stadium, Mets Fan!    I can't watch Gio implode anymore, it's horrible.

Every technology has an ideal use.  Sometimes it is not the inventor's original concept.  Throughout the past 100 years, inventions have been re-purposed by those with imagination and vision.  A few examples are likely to convince anyone: The CAR - originally designed for people to travel from home to work or places far away, its true purpose became clear when a visionary couple somewhere had sex in the back seat.  For generations, the car has been the place where millions have lost their virginity, had an illicit affair, or even were conceived (e.g. Elaine Robinson in a Ford).  It is wonderful that all can thank the puritanical Henry Ford for the opportunities provided by the car.  Let's hear it for Henry.  Hoo-ray! The INTERNET - originally designed for scientists to communicate and share data, the internet was considered by many in the 90s to be the new horizon for commerce and the future highway for information.  It was only in 2003 that...