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I learned today that Jeremy Lansman, a very complex, intelligent man with many talents, and not a few loose ends untied, passed away on Dece...

 Jacob poetically deplored all the bad news in a comment to the last post.   So here's something entirely different. I'm reading a...

We're back in Anchorage.  As we went to the airport in the late afternoon Friday, there seemed to be a lot less smoke blowing from the P...

 It was very foggy several days ago, from what I could tell, mostly within three or four miles of the coast.   So, this afternoon, as we wer...

1.   Happy New Year seems inappropriate as we enter 2025 .  Yes, enter, like we are going into a different space.  Where the traditional rul...

 I'd like to write a post about key problems our democratic system hasn't been able to handle - like preventing a convicted rapist, ...

 Of the 40 on death row, Biden commuted the death penalty of 37.  I was curious why he left three to wait for execution.   First, who were t...

  If you walk the path along Venice Beach, you'll come across the skateboard park.   Skateboards first appeared along the beaches of Sou...

That's the question raised in a book I picked up at the Elliott Bay Bookstore in Seattle during Thanksgiving. I've just started read...

You don't need to read this.  I just need to get it out of my system.   [UPDATE Monday, Dec 16, 2024:  We each got a $75 discount code f...