car·riage re·turnn. the lever or mechanism on a typewriter that would cause the cylinder on which the paper was held (the carriage) to return to the left margin of the page | 13 October 2006 00:00 This won’t be a thematic post but will instead function as more of an assessment of the progress I’ve been making,not only with this site (which is minimal in the visible sense),but with other facets of my life. I don’t generally talk much about what is going on with me personally,but with Read on… 9 October 2006 03:01 Inspired by a close encounter with some rare machinery today (and because my original post remains in the development process),today I’m going to present a new feature of the blog –the “Top Five _____ You’ve Never Heard Of.”Today’s installment:the Top Five Italian Cars You’ve Never Heard Of (Illustrated). Number Five:Lancia Read on… 6 October 2006 00:00 Not unlike McArthur,I have returned. After a searing two-week campaign in the Mojave it is good to be back to the (relative) comfort of northern San Diego County. I have a big post brewing for this holiday weekend –federal government employees still observe Columbus Day –but I’ve not Read on… | Objective"So much for Objective Journalism. Don’t bother to look for it here -- not under any byline of mine;or anyone else I can think of. With the possible exception of things like box scores,race results,and stock market tabulations,there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms." --Hunter S. Thompson |