http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/ It's a great big world out there...and I am in The Green Egg driving through it! en-us Copyright 2008 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:55:58 -0700 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:30:11 -0700 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss My love for Joss Whedon knows no bounds. I think he is one of our generation's most creative, visionary writers. The fact that Fox cancelled Firefly still chaps my ass and if that finally places me squarely into geek... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/06/my_love_for_jos.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/06/my_love_for_jos.html fun Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:55:58 -0700 I have been neglectful in the writing/keeping in touch department. Chalk it up to the winter season in Nederland, which more often than not has the effect of a chilly cloister. I read ferociously between bouts of snow removal and... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/04/sunday_with_the.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/04/sunday_with_the.html At Home Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:51:31 -0700 It wouldn’t be winter in Nederland without a snowy onslaught and we’re getting one this afternoon. It’s in the low twenties, but the wind is calm and for that I am exceedingly thankful. We’ve been trying to consider the best... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/01/snow_fences.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2008/01/snow_fences.html At Home Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:44:59 -0700 Alex Rodriguez just popped out to the Cleaveland Indian's shortstop to close the top frame of the third inning of the first game of the 2007 American League Division Series. Jenny and I are enjoying our day off at Sue's... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2007/10/a_day_off_with.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2007/10/a_day_off_with.html From Somewhere Out There Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:43:47 -0700 I am sitting at the dining room table at the incredible Patrick Bloom’s house in Iowa City as peepers peep and an indian summer rain falls. It was so hot and humid today on our day off that I could... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2007/09/the_end_of_sept.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2007/09/the_end_of_sept.html From Somewhere Out There Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:45:55 -0700 Thanksgiving has come and gone once again. This, as many of you know, is my favorite holiday of the year (despite its highly hyped and PR manufactured back story). Having flown the proverbial coop at an early age, thanksgiving is... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2006/11/thanksgiving_20.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2006/11/thanksgiving_20.html Sun, 26 Nov 2006 00:44:53 -0700 Those of you who come here regularly know that, on occasion, I rant and rave on a sore political topic. I know this has the potential to alienate a listener or two (or fifty-seven), but please know this is not... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2006/10/way_to_obfuscat.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2006/10/way_to_obfuscat.html political Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:44:23 -0700 Last Night's show in Laramie was incredible! After not performing in a year, I had absolutely no idea what to expect and for perhaps the first time in my life as a performer, I was nervous to the bone. I... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2006/09/line_rider.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2006/09/line_rider.html fun Sun, 24 Sep 2006 18:24:37 -0700 I have just now read the transcript, posted on thinkprogress.org, of Fox News bobblehead Chris Wallace's interview with former president Bill Clinton. Clinton was invited to the interview to speak about his enormous fund raising efforts to relieve some of... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2006/09/fox_news_interv.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2006/09/fox_news_interv.html political Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:17:25 -0700 I am sitting in my office, looking out the window at the Indian Peaks, which are beginning to look a bit spotty as the spring run off begins in earnest. With the window open, I can hear Middle Boulder Creek... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2006/05/spring_comes_to.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2006/05/spring_comes_to.html At Home Thu, 25 May 2006 09:58:54 -0700 I found the following video through the IDontLikeYouInThatWay blog (posted from YouTube) and I have to say, I can not stop watching/listening to it. Enjoy!... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2006/04/crazy.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2006/04/crazy.html fun Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:32:07 -0700 You, my fine reader, may not know this, but I admit to you now that I am a bit of a sci-fi fan. I love that humans have the ability to create (from nothing other than our dense imaginations) utterly... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2005/10/serenity.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2005/10/serenity.html Sun, 02 Oct 2005 23:10:42 -0700 We have a new addition to our household here in Nederland. Last week, Jim and I brought home a ten week old yellow lab puppy who we have named Stella (the joy of which is opening the back door and... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2005/06/stella_the_wond.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2005/06/stella_the_wond.html Fri, 03 Jun 2005 13:49:07 -0700 It is Saturday morning after Thanksgiving and Jim and I are sitting around the house in our pajamas, drinking tea and relaxing in recovery from a week of food and revelry. Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday, oddly in... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2004/11/happy_thanksgiv.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2004/11/happy_thanksgiv.html Sat, 27 Nov 2004 09:40:22 -0700 The end of the World Series, for me, has always been the true end of summer. No more sandals or sundresses. No more late evening light. It is a hard transition to make, but this year is a bittersweet one.... http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2004/11/congratulations.html http://www.bethamsel.org/roadjournal/archives/2004/11/congratulations.html Wed, 03 Nov 2004 14:08:12 -0700