I’ve been borrowing my neighbor’s Apple Watch for the past several days, and I’d planed to make Monday’s post my “thoughts thus far” with the experience. Then a monster decided he didn’t like some people and decided to kill 50 people, and wound 53 more, at a gay night club. I don’t mention my foiled…
Category: Thoughts
After the storm
On Wednesday I was up in my ABCNJ office when a massive storm tore through the area. I was soon getting reports of a possible tornado in my town, and was quickly in contact with my family. After a few texts I learned two things. First. The schools were both ok, though the lights flickered…
The Donkey and the Elephant
Throughout this primary season I’ve heard many cries of the system being “hijacked” and “undemocratic” and “not following the will of the people” from my friends who are more left of center on the political spectrum. In some respects, I can understand. I agree the DNC wanted to hold a coronation, rather than have a…
Context is key
I didn’t get a chance to do so, but I wanted to take one of the police officers aside yesterday and ask how weird to felt to sit back and allow people to have a firefight1 right in front of them. They were good folks, and managed the crowd well, even when they had to…
Nerding, historically
Today my wife volunteered to help host the open house at the Indian King Tavern. It’s an important site for New Jersey history in Haddonfield. When the Patriot legislature fled Northern Jersey for the South, it met in it’s long room. In that space it adopted the seal for the newly organized state and formally…
Down the shore
I’m not much of a “beach person.” I love body-surfing waves and reading for a few hours, but the idea of sitting out in the sand all day while the Sun beats down is not my idea of a good time 1. On the other hand, I love the Jersey Shore. It’s sounds, smells, and…
