GeodogStill Tilting at WindmillsGoodbye, Grandpa, and Thank You- April 13, 2006 This weekend, the Bishop clan's patriarch passed away, and an era ended for me. There was an official obituary in the local newspaper, and a notice in the newspaper he read and argued with every day, the New York Times. What follows is an edited version of the official obituary, combining the notice in the NYT with his hometown newspaper obituary with a few edits of my own: James Keough Bishop, a long time resident of New Rochelle died peacefully on April 7, 2006 at home in Rye. He was born in..http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/04/13/goodbye_grandpa_and_thank_you.html Watch that space!- April 8, 2006 Mark Pilgrim is back blogging, and this time it's babyblogging. I'm curious to see what develops -- I chatted with Mark at ETech and he told me he that he didn't blog because it fed parts of his personality that didn't need feeding. But what he wrote this time is pretty cute. Beautiful, actually. In general, whatever Mark writes is worth reading, for entertainment and education. I came across his writing on addiction shortly after I quit smoking -- it is one of the most powerful pieces of...http://www.thebishop.net/geodog/archives/2006/04/07/watch_that_space.html |