by Ethan Johnson
April 21, 2008

Yesterday, Not Manchester United defeated So-Called Brazil 6-1 in a thriller. It happened on our Wii box running PES 2008 (Konami).

by Ethan Johnson
April 11, 2008

Since I am not native to these parts (Texas), I am reasonably cognizant that we live in a tornado prone area, and any given storm can produce the Big One. But after years of "just" thunderstorms and maybe some hail for good measure, I admit that I slipped into a sense of complacency. Guess what?

by Ethan Johnson
April 9, 2008

Back in the days when I had ready access to WSCR AM (Chicago), someone was about to ask Norm Van Lear (former Bulls player) about college basketball, and then stopped short, assuming that he'd only want to discuss pro teams. "Basketball's basketball," he replied, and the conversation resumed.

by Ethan Johnson
February 8, 2008

Holy cow. I was minding my own business, tending to my mostly daily exercise plan, and realized that February 3 was my 1 year anniversary.

by Ethan Johnson
December 31, 2007

Various thoughts and linked items to close out the year:

by Ethan Johnson
December 24, 2007

Every so often, I'll click a link at random, and wonder why I don't engage in random link-clicking more often. Case in point: Below the Eight. Read the blog to learn the story behind the name. Anyway, the author wrote out a list of things that she doesn't "get", and pretty much nailed something that has nagged at me here and there, as one of the unwashed masses:

by Ethan Johnson
December 23, 2007

Conventional wisdom holds that if one focuses on a particular thing, one will start to see more of that thing. For example, if one decides to buy a new car, and determines which kind, suddenly more of that kind of car are seen in traffic. Or suddenly there is a new aggressive advertising campaign devoted to that vehicle. Conventional wisdom strikes again, as I have been mulling over certain topics in advance of forthcoming articles, and as luck would have it, I'm finding an abundance of supporting material. Case in point:

by Ethan Johnson
December 12, 2007

In its present form, new discoveries aside, the Tao Te Ching sets the tone for the larger body of work in its famed opening lines:

The Way that can be told of is not an Unvarying Way;
The names that can be named are not unvarying names.

The insistence of some that they can divine what the Tao "wants" has completely and utterly missed the point of these opening lines, let alone the remainder of the source material.