Archives for August, 2007

The New Normal


Originally appeared in the New York Times Select on June 1st, 2007.
It’s quickly approaching a full year since I returned from Iraq, but it really doesn’t seem that long ago. However, the calendar doesn’t lie, and the end of August will mark the day in 2006 when I reunited with my wife, Christina, on the [...]

Of Starbucks, G.I. Bills, and Elated Nausea


This is the first of four blogs that will be reposts of material I wrote for the Homefires column of the New York Times Select in June 2007.  Homefires is subscription based, so not all readers have access to it.  However, I am permitted to reproduce the material as I desire with the disclaimer that [...]

Video Connections Demystified


When I first started learning about audio and video with my Playstation 2, which was super cool in 2000 because it doubled as a DVD player, I was rather intimidated by all the terminology involved with gaming and home theater audio/video. Only through constant internet forum perusing have I been able to keep semi-knowledgeable [...]