I’m not one who cares much for travel involving tourist sites with a guide holding a flag for us to follow as they explain the site in the language appropriate to the group. Not my thing. Yet, I’d eagerly give up my aversion to such things if I was accompanied in the group to the… Read More Armistice Day in Hiroshima
Last night I finished my “David Sedaris Phase II” in which I read just about all his published work since *“Me Talk Pretty One Day,” which means all his book-published work this Century, including two fat daily periods of his daily diary writing turned into books. It has been an enjoyable and thought-provoking phase. Why… Read More My Non-Review of David Sedaris
Reading around the last few days, Democrats and Democratic Socialists seem to be debating whether to spend the next two years fixing things or sending Donald Trump and Co. to jail. Both are admirable pursuits, and while I read Georgia Senator Rev. Warnock say “we can walk and chew gum at the same time” regarding… Read More Fixin’ to Fix Things, Hopefully
Right about twelve years ago, I started riding my bicycle on a pretty much once a weekly basis with John. This morning we checked out doings in my South Valley, some of the biggest doings we’ve had down here in some time. That’s a crane! In the South Valley! And not that kind of crane!… Read More Sunday Bike Ride 11.8.26: Rio Bravo Bridge
I’m trying my best to not include facts, numbers, or research of any kind in posts this month, but it’s hard. I tend to look stuff up and think about the stuff I looked up. Even in my spare time, which is a joke because I’m fully retired now. So here’s a number or two.… Read More Frisco, Texas and Ken Paxton
The above depicts a noise level monitoring display facing a residential street at a rather large site currently under construction for a big something in Mihara, Japan. I don’t know the “something” because I can’t read Japanese (yet), but it’s big and there are tonka toys involved. This is to infer that Japan has rules… Read More Bringing Down the Noise
