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Spring arriving

Saturday, April 19, 2008

We have a little artificial pond in our yard, in which both fish and one or more frogs manage to survive. This is an amazing thing, particularly because we do almost nothing to maintain it, except to make sure the pump and filter are working, and that it doesn’t freeze in the winter. Each year […]

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Tense times

Saturday, April 19, 2008

For the last several weeks I have been informed by WordPress, whenever I log in, that a new and improved update was available. It was not available for easy install at my web hosting service, and I was reluctant in the extreme to try installing it myself. It is a major upgrade with one feature […]

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Good eating at my alma mater

Thursday, April 10, 2008

The New York Times published two articles recently about the quality of the cuisine at my Alma Mater, Bowdoin College in Bruswick, ME. We alums have always known that Bowdoin was the best school in the country, but it has not always had the best food. Now it is at the top of both heaps. […]

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Republican hackery, youtube style?

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

I was going to include a video of Bush getting booed yesterday, which I plucked from Truthdig here. It was basically a clip from the tv coverage of the game. When I tried to preview the video, I got a message that it was no longer available. I went back to Truthdig. The video played […]

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Good regulations can’t trump bad regulators

Monday, March 31, 2008

Paul Krugman makes the valid point today that Treasury Secretary Paulson’s proposed “reforms” amount to little more than rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic: Anyone who has worked in a large organization — or, for that matter, reads the comic strip “Dilbert” — is familiar with the “org chart” strategy. To hide their lack […]

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Last Democrat Standing

Monday, March 31, 2008

Poor Joe Lieberman. According to him, he didn’t leave the Democratic Party, every other Democrat in the country did: “It’s not the Bill Clinton-Al Gore party, which was strong internationalists, strong on defense, pro-trade, pro-reform in our domestic government,” he said. “It’s been effectively taken over by a small group on the left of the […]

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Slight sign of spring

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Looks like we’re on track to have one of those Southeastern Connecticut springs, when the weather stays cool until somewhere around the end of May, when it suddenly becomes blazing hot. My wife’s records say we often have daffodils by this point, though not always. Yesterday I spotted a crocus. Not much, but at least […]

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Today’s Comic

Friday, March 21, 2008
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Thirty and counting

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Today my wife and I celebrated our thirtieth anniversary. I’m none the worse for wear. At least I don’t feel the worse for wear. That’s not really so surprising since I’ve spent those years married to her. What’s amazing is that she’s also held up remarkably well, despite spending thirty years married to me.

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Just for fun

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Pictures made entirely from food. (As always, you can get bigger views by clicking on an image).

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