Author Archives: Verla Viera

My wife (the Professor) tells me that I should be blogging. The world is being deprived of your wit, wisdom, compassion, and intensity, she says (my words, not hers). I remind her that the world is also being spared a … Continue reading →

I’m not much of a shopper. You can find me at the mall about every 3-6 months, usually in search of something specific I need. Like taking our knives in to be sharpened at the cutlery store, for example, or … Continue reading →

Best sentence heard yesterday, at the annual conference of the WA Assoc. of Legal Investigators: “It was outright borderline.” Best typo of the day today (so far, though it will be hard to beat), in an article on training for … Continue reading →

I first subscribed to The Atlantic when I was 16. Since then, I’ve been a subscriber many more years than not. The fact that I became a reader was really due to a fluke initially. My friend Russ was selling … Continue reading →

This is on your bedside table for a little relaxing nighttime reading:   I should probably update. This issue is 2004. The Academy recently released some new spelling conventions and things, so I am falling behind. By the way, as … Continue reading →