on March 16th, 2013 by mark
The trip to the Sequoias was beautiful. As we rose in altitude, the already mild temperatures grew cooler, the air thinner, more pure and the scenery more lush, more verdant. We had never been to the Sequoias before, but Conni, our exchange student, had. She traveled to the US with her family last summer and [...]
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on May 28th, 2010 by mark
Often on a Friday, I’ll get a bit euphoric at the thought of a weekend. It seems fitting that with a three-day weekend upon us, I’d fill it with true kick-up-the-heels, gas bag happiness. That would be the right and honest thing-three days without serious obligation and time with the family and with friends. That [...]
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on November 6th, 2009 by mark
The mythology around swine flu is arguably as powerful as any. The media has hyped the illness so much that we are to believe that everyone around us is dying and that there is no hope. It’s rather frightening. But for the past couple of weeks, I’ve been watching as the bug has made its [...]
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on July 19th, 2009 by mark
Heat today–lots of it. But I have family in Phoenix and they read this and my guess is before they even get this word, they’re cursing me and calling me namby pamby and all the rest. And they’re right. It was maybe 88 degrees today. A bit humid, so it feels higher but the evening [...]
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on October 21st, 2008 by mark
So, I’m watching Joe Biden speaking after hearing Sarah Palin. Make no mistake–she kicks his ass every which way but loose. Her entire sound-byte was about how untried Obama is–in Biden’s own words–in International Crises. What’s Biden talking about? How much George Bush’s financial policies have ruined the nation and how McCain is George Bush. [...]
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on August 28th, 2008 by mark
Thptpthpthpthtppththpp…..Etc. Air out of tires and all that. Apologies for the lack of updates since the venerable tequila post. I simply ran out of time in the day. No kidding. First week back to school for both me and Peanut, working very hard to meet today’s deadlines for the project that must not be named [...]
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on July 21st, 2007 by mark
This piece by the maker of the film, The Great Global Warming Swindle, is a must read. I don’t know what it will take to get public policy makers off the gw bandwagon, but if democracy really does work–certainly, the majority of the people see right through the bs that is global warming theory–and yes, [...]
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