Tales Of Two Cities

Though I really don't take great pains to conceal my true identity, I do enjoy authoring my posts as wordbones. Taking on this blogger p...

Last Wednesday the Howard County Economic Development Authority hosted it's 7th Howard County CORE Tour. This is an event that occurs e...

A New Columbia Blog Thanks to Jessie over at the Hometown Columbia blog, I have just been made aware of a new local blog called Columbia Ta...

The "delightfully wicked genius" filmmaker John Waters is coming to Columbia on Friday, May 11th as part of this years Columbia Fe...

Yesterday was a great day to be outside so we took a hike up the Trolley Line #9 trail. It always surprises me how few people in Howard Cou...

Panhandling Columbia Style Yesterday, I found myself with about an hour to spare in between appointments in Town Center. Since it was so nic...

Tomorrow Columbia will hold elections for representatives to the Columbia Council and village boards in several villages. In Oakland Mills,...

At least that is what it was originally called back in the early days. Now it is called Wilde Lake Village Center. I have been thinking abou...

Next Sunday, April 15th, a party will be held for the 29th time in Town Center Columbia. It is a unique event in that it is basically over b...

With apologies to fellow HoCo blogger Hayduke, I borrowed the title for this post from the song Cold Water by Tom Waits. This particular so...

I like this guy !

Caffeine Fix I freely admit to being a coffee shop guy. These are great places to meet a friend, catch a break between meetings, or simply t...

It just occurred to me that, as a supporter of the Plaza Residences tower in Columbia Town Center, I had no pro tower choice in the last cou...

I just read Barbara Russell's letter to the editor in last weeks Columbia Flier. My first reaction? Please! For those who may not know,...

A new blog , specifically targeted to Columbians (past and present) in the 25 to 45 year old age group, has entered the local blogosphere. W...

My last post seems to have raised the ire of one Cynthia Coyle . It seems that she has taken umbrage at blogger anonymity. In fact she has g...

What gives Delegate Liz Bobo (MD House of Delegates District 12B) such stature in the debate over Columbia's downtown. Her duty as a st...

Snow Day Musings I took a break from blogging after my last post on January 20th. I guess I had a case of bloggers writers block or perhaps ...

Weighing In The other night I had dinner with my friend Jim Binckley at the Greystone Grill . We were collectively celebrating our 52nd birt...

A Columbia company, Martek Biosciences was featured in a story in yesterdays New York Times . The article points up the trials and tribul...