by Nigel Blackwell | Edward Lear
I was eating breakfast this morning when I heard a tapping on the window. It was quite a loud, solid tapping, the kind of authoritative rat-tat-tat that demands attention. In this case the rat-tat-tatter got quite a lot of my attention. In fact, it got every single...
by Nigel Blackwell | Edward Lear, Socks
Last week, August McLaughlin mentioned that blogging about socks was one way to avoid controversy. Well, I’m all for avoiding controversy, and I’ve even been known to take advice, so here’s a quick, hopefully non-controversal, glimpse into the secret...
by Nigel Blackwell | Cars
Do you get out enough? Do you see everything that’s happening in your neighborhood? I know I don’t. I mean, I thought I did. I talk to neighbors and friends, I walk the aisles of superstores and farmers markets and I drive all over the place. So, why...
by Nigel Blackwell | Cars
Let me tell you a story, which in this case happens to be the truth. I was traveling with a good friend. We were late for a meeting so when we picked up our hire car at Salt Lake City airport my friend drove I-15 north a little faster than normal, and his normal was...