Ken Is Speaking Blog

UF In Circle

The fine line between my alma mater and the fiction of my first novel keeps blurring. LOL. UF has started an online community thingy for alumni – the Gator Nation Network. But its URL...

Snow Blogging

Sounds like a sport, doesn’t it? Snow blogging… Hehe. The Beltway has ushered in the wintry weather season with our first significant snowfall on Monday afternoon. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to cancel work, but...

Spirit of Christmas

Occassionally, a friend’s stream of consciousness technique in blogging creates a gem of a post. Larry Bernard’s done it this time – with a post regarding the religious nature of Christmas. I know my...

Canadian Chaos Ensues

Meanwhile, in Canada, the Liberal government has fallen. The Bloc Quebecois want to sucede from the Confederation, the Conservatives are demanding their turn at the toy chest, and the NDP is complaining about the...

Potter Turns Attention to Plot, Action

I’ll admit in a number of things here. First, I watched the fourth Harry Potter film – The Goblet of Fire. Second, I honestly came out enjoying it – I can tell because I...

Indecisive C-in-C

So far, the Commander-in-Chief show has not ventured much into controversial or debatable territory. So far, I see nothing to distinguish Mackenzie Allen from any other would-be President – she’s reasonable, determined, and has...

The Corpse Evening

A friend and I went to see The Corpse Bride last night. As we were leaving the mall’s garage, my friend realized she left the keys in the car… with the engine running. AAA...

Old-Fashioned Pork Spending

I kept laughing my entire way through reading the UF campus paper this weekend. It turns out, the Student Government literally got into the act of pork spending – that is, paying for a...