Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on August 8, 2007| Leave a Comment »
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Something there is about a heavy corkscrew. It makes things seem right with the world. (more…)
Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on August 8, 2007| Leave a Comment »
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A good pair of scissors is like your right leg. You don’t realize how easy it makes regular life until you lose it. (more…)
Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on August 6, 2007| Leave a Comment »
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This relatively inexpensive Citizen Quartz watch has a thin profile and swings easily on the wrist. Mine is identical to the Amazon site photo except that the entire band is gold colored rather than alternating with stainless steel silver. (more…)
Posted in clarity, paterfamilias, reseña on August 6, 2007| Leave a Comment »
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Two Nashville gentlemen who have mastered the task of teaching men to be gentlemen without coming across as stuffy wrote this splendid little volume on the art of the toast. As in the rest of the Gentlemanners books, John Bridges and Bryan Curtis set a tone that is not framed by rules but by consideration for others and deference to those who ought to be in the limelight of a special occasion. (more…)
Posted in my hometown, paterfamilias on August 6, 2007| Leave a Comment »
Tonight the number one soccer team in the state of Indiana beat the number two team and will likely wrap up the state championship after a few more perfunctory victories.
Unfortunately, the number two team is the North Central High School defending state champion team on which my son John plays left midfielder. (more…)
Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on August 5, 2007| Leave a Comment »
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I spend enough time in my car on business to justify satellite radio. It squeezes out the dead zones between major urban areas and the quality stations that emanate from them. For my son, it provides him with Universo Latino and, so, the Latin music with which he grew up. (more…)
Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on August 5, 2007| Leave a Comment »
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This tiny gift-book from Cigar Aficionado latches onto the celebratory nature of modern cigar-smoking and works it for all its potential. Essentially, it’s a compilation of quotes by cigar smokers and about cigar smoking that will give the average celebratory cigar smoker a good chuckle.
A good stocking-stuffer for the guy who fits the demographic.
Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on August 5, 2007| Leave a Comment »
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I have decided that a good writing instrument in the pocket is the cost of doing business in my line of work. This lightweight, thin Cross pen helps me not look back. (more…)
Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on August 5, 2007| Leave a Comment »
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Some pens are fat, some are thin, and most people have a preference.
If you like a fat pen, this handsome black-and-chrome item is a good candidate. (more…)
Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on August 4, 2007| Leave a Comment »
I spend a lot of time in the car and love music and spoken audio. My 2004 Volkswagen Passat W8 has excellent sound but no satellite radio. I recently sprang for a Sirius radio off the shelf from Costco and then had reliable Jason and the guys at Auto Outfitters take care of the installation. I use a cassette adapter wired to the radio for sound input and the hiss was bringing the quality level of the music down to the barely tolerable level. (more…)
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