Idle Reflections

A collection of idle reflections — namely, asides and whatnot put down and published.

1983 Specialized Sirrus: Goodbye Sweet Prince

A short report on my first real bike, a used 1983 Specialized Sirrus. Purchased for a song and sold for $20.

2026-06-01
Idle Reflections

Orlando Museum of Art: 10 Aug 2024

Going to a museum has always been an experience like going to church. Same reverence, quietude required. Except that at a museum I know what I’m contemplating.

2024-08-13
Idle Reflections

Delicious December 2023: Read, Watched

The greatest hits of the last month of December: Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, Broken Code by Jeff Horwitz, My Darling Clementine by John Ford and Memories of Murder by Bong Joon-Ho.

2024-01-06
Idle Reflections

Reading Aloud: Ben Lerner’s “The Rescue”

Reading aloud a poem published in the New York Review of Books September 21, 2023 issue.

2023-09-24
Idle Reflections On Literature, Books Reading Journal

Fearless February 2023 Reading, Watching

The fight for my consciousness took place on the page and on the screen, through reading and viewing. Was bloody.

2023-03-06
Idle Reflections

G.I.Joe and “G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra” (2009): Some History

Idle reflections on the G.I.Joe action figures and comic books as formative influences of my childhood

2023-01-23
Idle Reflections Confessions of a Bad Movie Watcher Way Back

Upcoming: An Excellent SEO Presentation, Colorado ASMP, Saturday, May 14th

Announcement for the ASMP Colorado event at which I will be giving a presentation entitled "Top 7 SEO Tips for Photographers"

2022-05-11
Idle Reflections

Tour of Turret Two of the USS New Jersey

The Turret Two Tour of the USS New Jersey was a moment to reflect on the astounding machinery of war.

2021-11-21
Idle Reflections On Ideas, Concepts, Intuitions

Bad Poetry Morning

Repeatedly not finishing a sentence. Either subject or predicate but not both. Becomes some poetry itself.

2021-01-17
Idle Reflections

Impactful is not a word!

Grumpy old man weighs in on the frequently used term impactful, which he contends, contrary to overwhelming empirical evidence, is not a word. And honestly, he’s right.

2020-01-21
Idle Reflections

Why Hamilton is Great

Finally some explanations why this play is so important!

2019-12-05
Idle Reflections

Protected: Lu gets a new bike

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

2010-10-25
Idle Reflections

The iPhone Easily Led Me into the Future

Reflections on getting an iPhone

2008-01-12
Idle Reflections

Chet Travels: sur les bricoleurs de l’angoisse

One of the things I learned on my last trip to Paris was about this special group of individuals in French society. They have been called the “bricoleurs de l’angoisse,”...

2007-09-04
Idle Reflections Way Back

from the journals of Chet (8/6/04)

A lovely set of days in Umbria, Italy, with philosophers and one in particular.

2004-08-26
Idle Reflections Way Back