Category Archives: Unvisible

To a stranger

Hi. I’m Andy Skelton. Nobody special. I’d like to learn your name and get to know you and I’ll tell you why right now.
It’s often said that you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression. I just now realized that I have always arrogantly believed my intuition about people based on a [...]

Pass Quiz to Comment

Last Sunday my blog sent me a handful of comments to moderate. Normally I don’t mind because even on a bad day Akismet catches nearly every spam comment and I can deal with the rest in less time than it takes to bring my blood to a boil. But when I have to deal with [...]

School shooting conspiracy theory

School shootings (Again) offer no explanations.
Gun control lovers fill their tanks on this stuff (State lawmakers push, pull on gun control following NIU shootings).
This time, investigators find a link (Gunman, Virginia Tech shooter used same Web dealer) suggesting that the shootings might have had a third party in common.
Besides well-meaning but misguided Americans, who would [...]

Politics Zero

Politics always made me tune out. From my earliest memories of adult conversations at table, the pattern that emerges is a series of blanks. My parents and their friends spoke of far-away things and none of it had any bearing on my small world. Could I please be excused to play outside?
Later I made a [...]

Where to use audio books

There are many places where you can listen to recorded books. When considering a potential listening location, a common concern is distraction: the world around you making it hard to follow the world in the book. Last weekend I discovered a complimentary combination: my physical environment augmented the reality of the book.
I listened to the [...]