Just a piano player

It's always a stressful thing to contemplate, but Ben convinced me that his old desktop (which he never uses since he migrated to a smal...

Been here since 8:00 am, doing a variety of chores including: Figuring out why the garbage disposal wasn't working Fixing a gate latch S...

Here is our diseased Port Orford cedar, which has been slowly dying for a couple of years. We had a tree guy take it down in 9 foot sections...

On Buzzflash this morning, I scanned this headline and then had to re-read it: Air America Will Cease Operations, Liquidate Holdings When I ...

Not too happy about today's ruling.

There appears to be a growing nasty smell about Ohio 2004.

We ran thru Ikea last weekend, grabbing a bunch of things for Ben's new house. Naturally, once the dust settled, there were a couple of...

Spread the word . The meme got planted in the public consciousness by a couple of media outlets, and reinforced by Rush, et al to the point...

Watch the linked BBC video , and let me know what you think. Then refresh your memory about Emmanuel Goldstein , the public face of Evil in ...

Here. If they think they have problems now, just wait until Sea Level rises a few meters over the next century. Honestly, I remember chuggi...

OK, we gave in to the hype and saw it, in 3D, at a nearby filled-to-capacity (both the theater and the parking lots) multiplex. Aside from t...

I see this headline in 'google news'. Will someone explain to me how the failure of airport people in Amsterdam to keep the guy off ...

Heard on the radio this morning that the Underwear-Bomber: paid cash had no luggage On a normal transcontinental flight, what percentage of ...

Last Sunday morning: walking along a cactus-strewn nature trail in the bone-dry, california desert. Today: sitting in my portland living roo...

Coachella Nature Preserve - Willis Palm grove Big Morongo Canyon preserve - cottonwoods along Canyon Trail Anza-Borrego state park - view fr...

Back in the days after the Shoe-Bomber, after it was decreed that nobody gets on a plane without taking off their shoes, I got a lot of mile...

With a cat sitting on my desk, trying to be cute (and succeeding). Had a splendid time in the Palm Springs neighborhood - went for some very...

2 pm flight today, from Palm Springs back to Portland. Have spent the last 3 days with S&D in Borrego Springs. We went hiking yesterday...

Listening to NPR morning edition today, as I frequently do. They interviewed the proud mother of an Illinois soldier who had received multip...

We are here in Palm Desert for a few days, enjoying the sun and spectacle. It's actually totally pleasant. We don't pick up our ren...