I rewatched the Bond movie Die Another Day last night. If you have seen it, you may recall a fight sequence wherein the primary antagonist […]
Read MoreKofta Porn
Susan cooked some Kofta skewers for us this evening; they came from the Central Market along with Pita and Tzatziki. We had some finger-food samosas […]
Read MoreReplacing Reason
On the way home from grocery shopping early this afternoon, I heard the names and ages of the people who were murdered at the TOPS […]
Read MoreLast Night’s Lunar Eclipse
This is a shot of last night’s total lunar eclipse seen from El Caracol – my backyard observatory. I used the 130mm deep sky astrograph. […]
Read MoreThis Evening
This meal was actually yesterday’s supper. Susan pan fried a slab of Verlasso salmon. We didn’t have any salmon rub on hand; so, she used […]
Read MoreMarket Interruptus
I follow Robert Reich’s Inequality Media newsletters as well as his Berkley lectures on Wealth and Inequality. Today, I listened to his Coffee Klatch chat, […]
Read MoreThis Week in COVID
This week’s COVID update from Dr. Klotman gives us a cautiously optimistic view of the pandemic. Lilly presents her 10-point plan for pandemic preparedness which […]
Read MoreThis Week’s Accomplishment
The craftsmen who built our deck and then modified it years later to accommodate the white oak that replaced the red oak that we lost […]
Read MoreThe Daddy State
When I was a young child, my brother and I had nannies. They minded us while my parents, both of them, were at work most […]
Read MoreIndirection
The concept of indirect reference is common in computing. A direct reference might be something like, “the cat,” whereas an indirect reference might be, “the […]
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