The Penciled Sky

Archive for December 2006

Certain Things Become Important When You Become A Parent

Posted by: tpsky on: December 31, 2006

Heard my other half on the phone the evening before we were coming home:
“Hi.  When are you coming over?”
“Yeah, we’ll be here.”
“Yes.  We’ll be leaving tomorrow morning.”
“Well, as early as we can…we’d like to wait until MM pooped before we get on the road.”

The Right to Equal Rights

Posted by: tpsky on: December 22, 2006

Heard on the NPR a discussion about whether America is ready for a female president. And while I was contemplating the question, I heard another news regarding the issue of whether state troopers would be allowed to arrest illegal immigrants if they suspect the immigration law was broken. For example, while the state [...]

Time Magazine Person of the Year

Posted by: tpsky on: December 19, 2006

This year I am the winner of the Time Magazine Person of the Year. Well, all right, I have to share this honor with millions and billions other people who use or create contents on the World Wide Web. I’d be interested to be a fly on the wall of the meetings [...]

The new Gov. elect of Massachusetts Deval Patrick is planning his coronation extravaganza. Instead of an inaugural ball, he’s having seven. And to show that corporate endowments have no effect on him, he will accept corporate donations of up to $50,000. Each. The Gov. elect promised the events will be very [...]

Have We Amused Ourselves to Death Yet?

Posted by: tpsky on: December 7, 2006

My palm is broken. Now it only serves as an address book, since I can’t sync with my calendar anymore. And so I’ve been looking at the new Blackberries and Treo 680. But I’m not going to buy a replacement…yet. First of all, I need an excuse for why I’m [...]