by Kent Pilkington | Sep 16, 2011 | Quotables
A friend posted a link to a Criagslist ad where somebody was selling a yoga mat. I thought it was funny. Like, really funny. (I’ve done the Bikram style yoga he’s referring to.) It occurred to me that, being an ad on Craigslist, it would have a limited...
by Kent Pilkington | Oct 6, 2009 | Quotables
Source: “Notes on Prejudice,” by Isaiah Berlin. The New York Review, October 18, 2001. ©The Isiah Berlin Literary Trust 2001. Few things have done more harm than the belief on the part of individuals or groups (or tribes or states or nations or churches)...
by Kent Pilkington | Oct 12, 2008 | Creative Writing, Quotables
I have Type II Diabetes. I’m rather open about it for a number of reasons, but the point is that both of my children know what it is, what can happen if untreated – more than they ever really wanted to know. Recently, my wife came across a story that my...
by Kent Pilkington | Mar 14, 2008 | Quotables
DOG DIARY 8:00 am – Dog food! My favorite thing! 9:30 am – A car ride! My favorite thing! 9:40 am – A walk in the park! My favorite thing! 10:30 am – Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing! 12:00 pm – Lunch! My favorite thing! 1:00 pm...
by Kent Pilkington | Jan 4, 2008 | Quotables
Over the Christmas/New Years break, my 7-year-old son, Alex, was introduced to an online game called Toontown. He was having a bit of trouble with dropped connections to the server, and I speculated that there might be a more players online than their server can...