Perspective

Yesterday’s earthquake was perhaps the strongest I have ever felt.  Being on the 9th floor certainly enhanced the experience. The 1964 earthquake was 32,000 times as powerful.

A carbon tax is coming.

From a cynical point of view, political change comes about when a new group of people find a way to change the rules in such a way that they gain an advantage over previous champions. ...

Words.

So, we’re going to war again. Congress is full of people who claim concern over which countries will have “boots on the ground.” It’s an interesting linguistic trick. I suppose it’s safer to talk about the ...

One Warm Line!

NPR had an excellent interview about finding one of the Franklin ships,  and not just excellent because Stan Rogers sang the coda. This find really makes me redicioulously happy. The search for the Northwest Passage ...

7 years.

Today is 7 years that my beloved and I have been married.  They have been quite simply the best years of my life… to date.  I am a very lucky man. Among other things, she ...

A new artist to watch.

My mother shared with me an amazing video on translating the wooden art of the Tlingit to glass.  This has lead me to add a new artist to my watch-list.  When you have the time, ...

On carbon

I underwent surgery yesterday.  All went well, but the anesthesia knocked me on my ass.  Today was a day of recovering, with a mind that was ready to work, and a body that was completely unwilling. ...

A new season.

Nature generally acts on its own schedule.  Season follows season, each in its own time.  That’s why it is so completely startling when the timing so closely follows what “should” happen.  Yesterday was Labor Day, the ...