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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Kayaking through the ice fog in front of Taku Glacier on the Taku River.
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleShort 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...
View ArticleIf 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...
View ArticleVolcano 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...
View ArticleMore 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...
View ArticleNew 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,...
View ArticleLouisiana Doesn’t Care if You Spill Oil
Bloomberg News has done some investigative reporting into Louisiana’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and it’s enforcement of the state’s oil pollution regulations (which aren’t to stringent...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court is Funny – AT&T declared non personna
Every once in a while humor pops up in weird places. The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision today on FCC v. AT&T, declaring that AT&T could not withhold information on the...
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