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Poetry for Thursday
W.B. Yeats, promoting the quiet contemplation needed for the spark of genius. Long-Legged Fly That civilization may not sink, Its great battle lost, Quiet the dog, tether the pony To a distant post;...
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Photo for Friday
Kayaking through the ice fog in front of Taku Glacier on the Taku River.
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The Angler Chants
Upon a rock-strewn western strand Storm-driven waves thunder in Rhythmic crashing I count the series Three small, one large, the twelfth the largest The fog begins to form. Far east a dark hatted...
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Short Healthcare Rant
Everybody’s ranting for one side or another on the current U.S. health care debate, so I might as well add my fuel to the flames. After listening to a wide range of opinions, from single-payer systems...
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If an idiot speaks and no one listens, is he still an idiot?
During the debate on the health care reform legislation, the party of “just say no” focused some of their negativism on Rep. Bart Stupak, whose switch from “no” to “yes” after President Obama promised...
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Volcano Produces Blue Skies Over Europe
I was reading the local newspaper this morning and saw an AP article explaining how the reduction in flights over Europe because of the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano in Iceland has led to the bluest skies...
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More Channels – Still A Wasteland
The only way to get decent internet here is via cable broadband, and the only way to get that is by paying through the nose for a “package” of services (like cable TV) that I generally don’t use or...
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New Blog
I’ve started a new blog, Arctic Oil. I’ve moved most of the oil-related posts over to it already, and will move the rest of them as time allows. This blog will stay up for non-oil related material,...
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Spring
Spring is coming. Out for my morning walk, I heard the first varied thrush of the year. The breeze is warmer, with every day above freezing. The days are noticeably longer, and the sun actually...
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The household events of last night and this morning prompted memories of Basho. mewing, bedroom’s touched by moonlight. Spring rain – under trees a crystal stream
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