http://davidandpatrick.com/erblog The content and meaning are one. Choice is the controlling factor. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:53:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One puzzles over the question of time and energy. The devotion of time for others is a struggle. It is usually cast in terms of the most false morality and a singular disconnect from the realities of the world in which we live. False myths. These mummies who haunt our ... http://davidandpatrick.com/erblog/2008/04/04/475/ The recent article in the New York Times sheds light on what will no doubt be a growing concern in this country as the post-World War II demographic surge known as the Baby Boomers will be growing older. Because Patrick and I are the caregivers for his 89 ... http://davidandpatrick.com/erblog/2007/10/09/474/ Wow! I didn't expect I'd like it. I didn't expect I could use it. I didn't expect it to be cool. The new Windows Live Writer is a program for anyone with a blog. Really. I'm sure there are some blogs out there that cannot interface with ... http://davidandpatrick.com/erblog/2007/10/03/472/ Patrick and I can certainly attest to the horrifying pollution in Beijing. His sinuses were in constant panic and we all felt the impact of the bad air. This picture was typical of the air in Beijing. Environmental campaigners say China must overhaul its transport system, not just with a few ... http://davidandpatrick.com/erblog/2007/09/22/471/ In the 500-page book, “The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World,” Mr. Greenspan describes the Bush administration as so captive to its own political operation that it paid little attention to fiscal discipline, and he described Mr. Bush’s first two Treasury secretaries, Paul H. O’Neill and John W. ... http://davidandpatrick.com/erblog/2007/09/15/470/ I am glad I did not spend time last night listening to the President. I read his entire speech this morning and there was nothing noteworthy in it. As the Paper of Record observes: This was the week in which Americans hoped they would get straight talk and clear thinking on ... http://davidandpatrick.com/erblog/2007/09/14/469/  This from our friends at Ameriblog via our friend MEB:  Since their op-ed criticizing the administration's strategy in Iraq began with the words, "Viewed from Iraq at the tail end of a 15-month deployment," one has to assume that nearly a month later the seven soldiers who authored the piece were ... http://davidandpatrick.com/erblog/2007/09/12/468/ I recently started reading the biography of Oscar Wilde that is the source for the recent movie. I don't know how recent the movie is really, but its been sitting on my television in its nifty little Netflix envelope for over a month. My initial impression from the first hundred pages ... http://davidandpatrick.com/erblog/2007/09/09/467/ I thought these were rather choice: A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease." "That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "on whether I embrace your policies or your mistress." "He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr "He has all the virtues I ... http://davidandpatrick.com/erblog/2007/08/09/466/ Patrick and I are off to China. We will try to post our progress for friends and family the main website: http://davidandpatrick.com/ http://davidandpatrick.com/erblog/2007/06/22/465/