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Science Friday

Friday, March 11, 2011

I just have to pass this along, from Pharyngula: A rather bizarre study carried out by German researchers suggests that staring at women’s breasts is good for men’s health and increases their life expectancy. According to Dr. Karen Weatherby, a gerontologist and author of the study, gawking at women’s breasts is a healthy practice, almost […]

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Two crystal balls

Saturday, January 1, 2011

The following post has a bit of history to it. A person quite near and dear to me has suggested that I have, of late, become somewhat negative in my attitude toward just about everything. I insist that I am merely stating the facts and responding to reality, but she insists that I am far […]

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Bad Blogger!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

That’s as in, or similar to, “bad dog!”, for I have been very bad indeed. I did not watch the Blumenthal debate. I did not watch the Malloy debate. A Bad Blogger, indeed. I actually have an excuse for part of the Blumenthal debate. I watched the first several minutes and couldn’t take it anymore. […]

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Greetings from Vermont

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Just keeping my hand in here. While the folks at home are worrying about the primary, we’ve put all that behind us. I’m writing this using WordPress for the Ipad, which is quite primitive. I’ve inserted three pictures (the maximum allowed) but I have no way of previewing to see how they look. Anyway, we’re […]

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My week so far

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

There has been very little written from this quarter lately, and that rather rambling, because I have been-not to put too fine a point on it-sick. This is a strange set of affairs for me, because I am so rarely ill that I can’t really recognize the condition. Typically I doubt my own motives-am I […]

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We get letters

Monday, July 12, 2010

What was at first a trickle has now become something of a flood. A few weeks ago my wife got a mailing from a right wing organization of some sort. These things happen, and we assumed it was just an anomaly. However, since then missives from the right wingers have been appearing with ever more […]

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Feeling empathy

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Too hot to think. Now I know what it’s like to be a Republican.

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So considerate

Thursday, June 17, 2010

From a notice I just received from my insurance company: Over the past several years, changes in coverage such as special deductibles that apply only to the perils of windstorm and/or hurricane have been implemented as part of our overall effort to provide you with the best protection at the lowest reasonable cost. So good […]

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Weekend events

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Yesterday I was attending reunion activities at Swarthmore, my wife’s alma mater. She was there in the halcyon days of the sixties. Just after lunch the class met with a retiring philosophy professor, who had over the years, transformed from a fire breathing SDS advising radical to a far more conservative and clearly conflicted individual. […]

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Backyard drama

Sunday, May 23, 2010

I was doing what I do best on Sundays-reading a book on the patio-when I heard some squawking from the vicinity of an Alberta Spruce about 10 feet from the chaise on which I was reclining. I glanced over and there were two robins making a rather determined effort to take down a chipmunk, who […]

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