Author Archives: WorldWideWeber

Won’t

Posted on May 19, 2009 by WorldWideWeber

Jacob Weisberg has offered an early, tentative assessment of Barack Obama as president. The first “theme” he isolates is that Obama “sees the middle ground as the high ground.” Candidates who talk about bringing people together or changing the tone … Continue reading →

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Chrysostom

Posted on May 18, 2009 by WorldWideWeber

We all knew, from the day he burst on the scene, that Barack Obama is a great talker. And great talk can sometimes accomplish a lot. But there’s a reason why we talk about “walking the walk.” And, for better … Continue reading →

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McGuffey

Posted on April 30, 2009 by WorldWideWeber

See WorldWideWeber. See WorldWideWeber neglect his blog. Bad, WorldWideWeber, bad!

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Autobiograffiti

Posted on March 31, 2009 by WorldWideWeber

Not only am I getting tired of Facebook (after a mere 13 months of use), I’ve started wondering how much time I’ve already wasted there. It didn’t take very long for me to get fed up and shut down all … Continue reading →

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Kindling

Posted on February 28, 2009 by WorldWideWeber

Some quick impressions of the Kindle reading device after two days of use: It’s smaller than I expected. The screen is larger than those on several PDAs I’ve used heavily to read on in the past, but not as large … Continue reading →

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Wasabi

Posted on January 21, 2009 by WorldWideWeber

I was looking forward to “crazy” on Tuesday, but didn’t expect so much of teh stupid. Up until late Monday, Laura and I planned to head down to the Mall at a not-too-unreasonable hour and see what we could see … Continue reading →

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Auguration

Posted on January 17, 2009 by WorldWideWeber

Far be it from me to try and predict how the Obama presidency will turn out. Many of us had a feeling the Bush years would be bad, but did any of us dream it would turn out as disastrous … Continue reading →

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Sundries

Posted on December 24, 2008 by WorldWideWeber

The year is rapidly drawing to a close, and activity here has dwindled to a trickle. The world outside continues to undergo sundry shocks and transformations, while life in the basement has become more inward. After all the excitement and … Continue reading →

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Anticipation

Posted on November 3, 2008 by WorldWideWeber

For someone who keeps asserting that the presidential contest is proceeding pretty much as expected, and who spends much of his time trying to calm the nervous Nellies, I have been spending an awful lot of time lately at FiveThirtyEight.com, … Continue reading →

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Georgious

Posted on October 30, 2008 by WorldWideWeber

Not many notes have been emanating from the basement recently. A lot has been happening upstairs, but the excitement generated there is unlikely to be of particular interest to you. And of course something big is afoot in the world … Continue reading →

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