Progress in Paradise...   You may recall the Mormon horde that swept through our property two weeks ago, making massive brush piles from cle...

Robins in Paradise...   While we were sipping our tea and coffee on our balcony this morning, we noticed a pair of robins were frequently fl...

Paradisical Perambulations...   Debbie and I and the three dogs took a most pleasant walk up the road to our east this morning.  The day cou...

If Bernie Sanders didn't actually exist ... then right-wing comedians would have to invent him.  But ... he does exist!

An interesting failure...   Are we alone in the universe ?

Progress in Paradise...   Yesterday was the first day that the lawn was dry enough to even think about mowing – and the grass was nearly 6...

Dog lovers ... prepare to bawl your eyes out.  Poh the dog's great adventure ...

Firewalls are dead?   That's just one consequence of the changes that are sweeping the tech world.  If you're interested in enterp...

Porcupine Reservoir is full!   We took a drive up there (map at right) this afternoon (photos below) and were delighted to see that the d...

The new peace...   An excellent short documentary on the astonishing reduction in war-related deaths since WWII.  There were no surprises ...

Medical instruments of a century ago...   I don't generally suffer from the “good old days syndrome” – and things like these are amon...

Powerless in Paradise...   We were without power for several hours yesterday.  The outage was caused by someone hitting a power pole just no...

Best dog story evah ?   My pistol-packing mama thinks it just might be: A guy is driving around the back woods of Montana and he sees a si...

Curiosity finds layers on Mars...   Tiny, thin layers.  I'm no geologist, but to me this says WATER.  All the ways I know that such l...

“...because our feeble American brains cannot fully comprehend the awesomeness of organized labor.”   Snatched from an excellent post by Fr...

Two ways to see this...   Watch the video at right, then read this. Most software engineers viewing this will have the same reaction I d...

Lawn freckles...   For some time now, I've been trying to figure out why we have clumps of darker green, faster growing grass in our l...

The “Coyote Principle”...   Via my lovely bride: California The Governor of California is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A c...

Adventures in Paradise...   Just before we headed for bed last night, Debbie happened to glance out the window (it was still light), and not...

Adventures in Wally World...   After a most enjoyable lunch at Jack's , we stopped at Walmart on the way home so I could run in and get ...