Paradise babies...   We've got five kittens in our “isolation room” (a bathroom in our basement that we never use), and our neighbor...

We're back...   Not too many ponders, though.  I'm too tired for that :) When I went out to Virginia to visit my mom, my intent wa...

It's good to be overweight!  According to this study studying a group for the ten years 2003 to 2013, the BMI associated with the lowe...

Night in Paradise...   I woke early this morning, around 2 am, and couldn't get back to sleep.  After guzzling a cup of tea, I headed ou...

Light blogging alert!   I will be traveling (or getting ready to do so) for the next week – I'm heading back to Virginia to visit with m...

Paradise ponders...   My mom's in the hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia, and of course we're concerned for her.  Send any good t...

Paradise ponders...  Debbie's making her famous Amish beef stew today.  That means I had “chopping duty”: cutting up the meat and (lots...

Paradise ponders...   I'm working away at setting up my office today.  As I write, I have 8 of 14 panels mounted.  They look (and work) ...

Tornado in Colorado...   Sent along by friend, former colleague, and Idaho mogul-of-everything Doug S.  For some reason the default came...

For dog owners...

Paradise ponders...   So this morning I took a couple of dog photos (below).  That's Miki the field spaniel on the left, and Race the sm...

Paradise ponders...   I just finished up with my Saturday morning tutoring of Abby S.  We worked in my new office for the first time, instea...

Yellow-bellied marmot pup...   Yesterday afternoon Debbie and I took a drive up Blacksmith Fork Canyon, toward Ant Flats, for our usual wild...

I finally have a good place ... for my lava lamp!

Dilbert nails it again...   I ran into this so many times in the bad old days when I was managing.  It was common enough even in the '9...

A most unexpected find...   Longtime readers with unusual patience will know that I have a substantial collection of slide rules and other a...

Photo of the day...   This is the town of Sakrisoy, in the Lofoten Islands of Norway.  The photographer is Pawel Klarecki.  I'd sure lov...

Video of the day...   Via my pistol-packing, hysterically laughing mama – who isn't sure it's safe for her to take credit for ref...

Excellent customer service alert!   Last year we bought two products from Enclume for the fireplace in our house: a fireplace tool set and ...

Paradise ponders...   I'm sitting in my “new” office, contemplating the enormity of the remaining work to do here :)  I'm going to d...