I am not a Christian, but I will gladly say Merry Christmas. I am not a Muslim, but I will gladly say Ramadan Mubarak. I am not a Hindu or a Jain or a Sikh, but I will gladly say Happy Diwali. I am not a Jew, but I will gladly say Happy Hanukkah. I…
Month: December 2010
Shortwaves & Honey Cakes
Some time in November 1975, I was home from school and in something I think we can call a funk. My older brother Robert and I shared a bedroom. I was 10. On this day he showed me what the funny looking metal thing with the vacuum tubes was all about. It’s a 1937 Stromberg-Carlson…
DADT BS (updated below)
I’m really not happy with the way the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal is being handled. The policy, born in 1993, is pure discrimination, nothing less. It places on a certain segment of the population an unfair burden, that is, that LBGT service members cannot reveal or discuss in any way, shape or manner their…