Monthly Archives July 2006

Rules

Several years ago, on my predecessor blog, I linked to this piece at A List Apart entitled Ten Rules for Writing for the Living Web. Even during the times when I’ve blogged a whole lot more regularly than I do now, I probably didn’t follow most of these rules very faithfully, and in […]

August 6

Pearls of Wisdom:Shelley at BurningBird asked for a followup to my brief Pearl Harbor post. Here goes. In 1941 the U.S. had imposed an oil embargo on Japan in retaliation for its occupation of Indochina (Vietnam.) The Japanese decided on a bold move: they would destroy the U.S. fleet in Hawaii, seize […]

Back in Austin

Blogging this evening from the 360 Primo Coffee Shop in Austin. Back from my my excursion to the North, not having blogged about the trip nearly as much as I thought I would. The memories are still fresh, though, and I might as well try to get some of it down while I […]