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Friday, March 31, 2023

Governor, Commissioners And Legislative/Administration Pay Raise Process Badly Flawed

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Are the Alaska State Officers Compensation Commission pay raise recommendations for the governor, his commissioners, and the legislature rea...
Saturday, March 25, 2023

The Lazy Blogger

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 For most of the life of this blog, I posted close to daily.  Within the last six months or so (maybe longer) I've given myself permissi...
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Friday, March 24, 2023

Finally, There Are Lights Out, No Clouds, And I'm In Anchorage

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 @AuroraNotify posts photos people take of Northern Lights.  In Anchorage we can see them start early in the day from Finland, Norway, Swede...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

The Ides of March Is A Good Day To Watch Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

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 This cast has some of the biggest names of the day - Marlon Brandon, John Gielgud, James Mason, Deborah Kerr, Greer Garson . . . From the ...
Friday, March 10, 2023

Teaching English To A Refugee In Alaska - Polishing Old Skills

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RAIS is the Alaska Catholic Social Service's Refugee Assistance and Immigration Service.  Last summer I volunteered to tutor English for...
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Tuesday, March 07, 2023

Getting Boosted Does Help, And The Older You Are The More It Helps

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As some of you know, I've been monitoring COVID data since March 2020 and posting updates as the State updates their dashboards, which i...
Thursday, March 02, 2023

Supreme Court Redistricting Decision Is Still Being Written - What I'd Like To See Them Address

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 It's been nine months since the Supreme Court first ruled on the Alaska Redistricting Board.  That was a relatively short opinion which...
Thursday, February 23, 2023

"flood the zone with shi*t" - Why Courts And Media Don't Seem Adequate These Days

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[Bear with me.  I'm trying to pull a number of issues together.  Basically, we need to step back and see the bigger picture rather than ...
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Saturday, February 18, 2023

Random Shots San Francisco

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  Prickly pear foot. Went to the Castro to buy a friend a rainbow flag. Someone chalked a memorial to their grandfather on the garage door. ...
Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Nearby Houses - Frank Lloyd Wright In Chicago, Blown Up Drug Lab In San Francisco

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 I mentioned in the previous pos t that Oak Park, Illinois was Frank Lloyd Wright's home for a long time.  Then Sunday I discovered ther...