Late morning walk in Paradise...   We got started much later than usual this morning, Miki, Race, and I.  We didn't get back home until ...

Early morning in Paradise...   Last night, just after we'd gone to bed, we noticed a car pulling into our driveway.  This is a most un...

A pair of outstanding posts this morning ... at Ricochet.  First there's Dave Carter on Planned Parenthood .  Then there's Claire B...

Your tax dollars at work ... on internal TSA newsletters ...

The making of a wooden cup...   I used the time-lapse video feature on my iPhone to make the video at left.  It compresses about an hou...

Morning in Paradise...   Miki, Race, and I did our usual morning walk, but a little later than usual – after sunrise for a change :)  The d...

Progress in Paradise...   Had Michelle H. over again this morning (and she'll be here this evening as well) for final training on how to...

So I'm supposed to believe the Planned Parenthood videos are fake ... just because you and your boss said so ?  Uh ... no.  Exactly th...

This morning ... I had a conversation with a neighbor's kid – 11 years old – that filled me with hope for America's future.  He was...

A tale of two cities...   Via my lovely (but broken-kneed) bride:

The devil smiled...   Via my pistol-packing mama: George Bush, Queen Elizabeth, and Vladimir Putin all die and go to hell. While there, th...

Social security cuts coming?   Well, of course they are.  This writer is surprised to see them, which can only mean that she hasn't be...

Love is in the air?   Nope, it's bacon :)  Via my lovely bride...

Making change...   Via friend and fellow retiree Doug W.: Doug adds: I remember visiting a small town in Russia in 1995, where th...

Curiosity is looking ... at some weird Martian rocks ...

Oh, that's the ticket!   But ... faster, please...  

Slo-mo birds...

Weird red “graffiti” on Tethys...   Nobody knows what they are ...

The government ... needs to be afraid of its citizens – not the other damned way around !

The geography of vulgarity...   I didn't expect there to be this much variation based on location, or on the particular word.  Also su...