Just a piano player

I think the Egyptian Pharaohs had it right. When a new one came to power, he often ordered that all images of the prior guy be defaced, an...

We remember the photo of the North Vietnamese POW, an instant before being shot in the head. We remember the photos of the jet hitting the...

Got up at my usual time, dressed quickly and headed out the door with the dog.  Totally typical. Our house is at the top of a small hill, ...

I finally decided to bite the bullet, and retire my extremely trusty primary development PC, a Windows XP machine that my son, Ben, built, a...

Sorry, but quick Facebook posts are so much easier, and you get instant feedback (especially when posting pointed political stuff). Fear n...

Yesterday, one of my Facebook friends (a former co-worker) posted a link to a Conservative Facebook page that included this graphic, and a b...

Listening to the news this morning, I hear: disappointing monthly jobs number, disappointing monthly jobs number, disappointing monthly jo...

It's me again.  Can't help it - I've read too much history to convincingly portray myself otherwise. This piece in the New Yo...

Several times over the past few days, as NPR continues its 'balanced' approach to covering the Evangelical 'concern' (i.e. h...

No, I'm not talking about World War I and II, although these are conspicuous examples. Here's a thought I just had.  SOME White, C...

In this case, an Accolade Elm, planted this morning.  Check back in 10 years and it should be much taller! Many thanks to my good friend...

So, can we all agree that the Rich are able to pay absurdly and historically low rates of taxation, since clever lawyers (many of whom had a...

Yes, it's a reference to the classic Fats Waller song , but, today, I'm thinking of the ('classic' does not begin to describ...

Still here in Santa Cruz.  Drove up Graham Hill Road to the Cowell Redwoods State Park. Walked a couple of miles, down into a little canyo...

I drove a few miles north and stopped at a informal parking-area where there were three other cars.  Went for a nice walk (maybe 1 1/2 miles...

NBC Nightly News, last night.  Oops, they did it again. They devoted a couple of valuable minutes to the Big Question of the Day:  Does Pr...

I needed to fax some tax-credit documents to the Oregon Dept. of Energy in Salem.  Easy, right? I started dialing early this morning - bus...

Karen left town last night, for a few days of work and family in LA.  Just in time. I woke up this morning around 5 and it was clear the p...

World Peace and rational Public Policy is as distant as always, but at least my broadband has improved. Here are the metrics from my origi...

Received a political phone call this morning.  It was in support of the Obama re-election, and the script that the person read hit all the p...