tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-88512 2009-07-10T09:13:47-04:00 Observations by Marshall T. Spriggs inspired by a bar in Oslo, Norway TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e2011571ec0a70970b 2009-07-10T09:13:47-04:00 2009-07-10T09:13:47-04:00

All we've heard from the Republicans for the past 30 years is that government (defined as things non-military) shouldn't be supported because it's so inefficient that it can't get out of it's own way. So why are they so afraid...

Tom tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e2011570f17fbd970c 2009-07-09T12:01:05-04:00 2009-07-09T12:01:05-04:00

It was not the best way to start the day. I read the news over breakfast this morning - that David Omar White had passed away at the age of 82. A full life, but one that came to an...

Tom tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e20115716318f0970b 2009-06-26T11:35:41-04:00 2009-06-26T11:35:41-04:00

Made a trip to visit Dad last Sunday in the cemetery in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. We got there as the gloomy night was coming to the misty wet, thickly green corner of rural Massachusetts and I stood before the rough piece...

Tom tag:typepad.com,2003:post-68370457 2009-06-22T13:10:19-04:00 2009-06-22T13:10:19-04:00

Seems that the Right loves the idea of competition until large balkanized interests like Health Care Insurers have to compete against the government. Then suddenly it becomes "socialized medicine" (though I can't see anyone saying that folks have to be...

Tom tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67841671 2009-06-08T11:40:46-04:00 2009-06-08T11:40:46-04:00

Every June 8th I awake with two things on my mind: 1) How did I get so impossibly old? and 2) How's Nancy Sinatra doing? You see, Nancy and I share a birthday. She's ten years older than I am....

Tom tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67055997 2009-05-20T12:25:47-04:00 2009-05-20T12:25:47-04:00

You know, even though he's been President for four months now, I still am having a hard time believing it.

Tom tag:typepad.com,2003:post-67055937 2009-05-20T12:24:24-04:00 2009-05-20T12:24:24-04:00

As usual Dana Jennings has much interesting to say about cancer: Click Here

Tom tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66984569 2009-05-19T10:47:35-04:00 2009-05-19T10:47:35-04:00

And the quaternary number is: 4.9! Bad News: The number is up from 4.6 where is was three months ago. Good News: My "doubling time" is 7.35 years. This means that the cancer is still very slow growing. I went...

Tom tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66652869 2009-05-11T15:58:54-04:00 2009-05-11T15:58:54-04:00

I wasn't really into getting poked and prodded and stuck this morning for some reason. I know that this process only happens once every three months, but I don't look forward to it. But then, I don't have any choice...

Tom tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66178525 2009-04-29T20:31:26-04:00 2009-04-29T20:31:26-04:00

Came home after work and turned on the TV. Brought up the Guide because I wanted to know when President Obama's news conference was. Here's what I saw: - NBC - 8pm - Presidential News Conference - ABC - 8pm...

Tom