by Ty Davison | Nov 28, 2011 | Quotes
If there are 12 clowns in a ring, you can jump in the middle and start reciting Shakespeare, but to the audience, you’ll just be the 13th clown. —Adam Walinsky
by Ty Davison | Oct 20, 2011 | Apple, News & Commentary
I like the Electronic Frontier Foundation generally. They’re sort of an online ACLU, and while they tend toward the strident, civil liberties in this day and age need that type of advocacy more than ever. I’ve supported them financially in the past, and I...
by Ty Davison | Sep 4, 2011 | Essays
HistoryAfter a variety of health woes, my parents downsized from two vehicles to their one Honda Accord in 2006. They generously offered us their high mileage 1991 Honda Civic and, as I recall, we somewhat hesitantly accepted. Erin and I figured we’d drive it...
by Ty Davison | Aug 4, 2011 | News & Commentary
I met Jennifer Thieret Westermeyer at the Nice, France train station in the summer of 1990. She was on a train in, I was departing. We spoke for 5 minutes, then it was time for me to board. We promised to write. We did, and over the years our correspondence tracked...
by Ty Davison | Jun 2, 2011 | News & Commentary, Sports
I met Sal Reyes when I was 12 or 13, and he became instantly the best soccer player I knew. My first glimpse of him was at tryouts for a Salem-area U-15 select team. He was doing rainbows one after another at a full run. I remember thinking that if the rest of the...
