I’ve noted over the last few years that the United States seems to be taking some very unexpected turns. But with the article in CNN on New Rules on Licenses, I’ve realized that without changing my abode, I’ve ended up living in 1960s USSR. When I was growing up the Cold War was very hot. […]
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OK, so maybe for most people chaos does NOT breed contentment. Well, probably it doesn’t work for all people. I like a bit of chaos in my life. If everything runs too smoothly, I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop and badness to happen. So, I guess I’d have to say that this […]
Okay, I was reading one of those technology sites today — I’m a geek, so tech news rocks, what can I say? Anyway, there was this article on the Tata Nano. It’s made by Tata Motors and will be sold in India. It seats 5 and is expected to get 54 US miles per gallon. […]
For a long time, people have been talking about the Internet and how it’s killing historical documents collection because email, blogs, ezines and other forms of electronic documents are ephemeral and won’t last as technology changes. Yesterday, someone sent me a link to a blog that is historical. WWI: Experiences of an English Soldier is […]
Well, I tried my hardest — those Zinc thingys, lots of juice, lots of water, staying warm but it hit and hit hard. This flu-ish/cold thingy looks like it’s here for a while. Since I’m not, as my son says, working with full thrusters at the moment, I decided to dig out some sock yarn […]
We were out running errands today and passed one of the many roadside shrines that people put up to commemorate a loved one lost in an accident — usually involving a car. This one has been gathering stuffed animals nailed to the tree, lots of plastic flowers and ribbons, candles in holders, a large cross […]
The problem with holidays is that they end and then it’s back to the usual day by day stuff. The side effect when you work at home is that the detritus of the holidays is all around you — or not detritus per say but the tree is still up and the wreathes. We’ll be […]
Hope everyone had a wonderful New Year’s Eve. This is a bit late, but we went to dinner at our friend’s house in Alexandria, VA and after dinner out to the First Night activities. I’d never been to a city’s First Night before, although we’ve lived in several that had lots of activities on First […]