Econ 101 usually doesn’t start at the beginning. It starts with math and charts and human behavior, but leaves out the most important part. FIRST. WITHOUT INDUSTRY, COMMUNITIES DIE. Throughout the world there are ghost towns, indeed, ghost civilizations, that withered and died when the industry dried up, or the natural resource was exhausted, and […]

It frosts me that anti-abortionists are getting away with the argument that the fetus needs to be protected because it is a “potential” human. You can argue ANY MEASURE, on the basis that there is a “potential” outcome. That is the basis of all science fiction. There is a “potential” that the situation might become […]

Challenged a friend to lose 30 pounds, along with me, by Election Day, November 8. 103 days away. 14 weeks. First two challenges: Quit sugar, and portion control. Severely limit portions. Also, walk three times each day. I’m already walking at least once, now to up it to three times. Also, include standard swinging and […]

I went to the blaffer museum, Matthew Ronay sculptures and Hilary Lloyd light sculptures. Ronay was mostly bleh, but he did some interesting things with random small holes as surface textures, and something similar with random small shallow grooves in random patterns. Lloyd light sculptures were a total mess, with out of focus animals and […]

I want to establish mankind as a space-faring society, with a robust space-based economy, and active space-based industries. The Universe keeps throwing rocks at us. Meteorites, meteors, and recently, a comet passed by, only a little further away than the Moon. The question isn’t IF another Dinosaur-killer asteroid hits the Earth, but WHEN. If we […]

I think I can solve world drought. Water evaporates. Which means it is lighter than normal air. When you see mist rising from a pond or stream on a cold morning, that is the normal evaporation that is only visible because it condenses into droplets big enough to see in the cold air. but it […]

What is one thing I am proud of? Do I have to choose just one? ‘ I raised three daughters who are all wonderful people, and I miss them terribly as they are off living their lives. I created a marvelous statue from soapstone commemorating the trials of the people of El Salvador. Recently, I […]

Ah. I missed the first blog prompt from the Live Your Legends Blog challenge. As you can probably tell from the title of this blog, I am angry at all the hypocrisy and falsification that goes on in our daily lives. Everybody lies. Politicians, Preachers, Business owners, advertisers – everybody shades the truth, hides it […]

OK. So, Peace in the Middle East. Peace is not a truce between two armed camps, but when I can trust my neighbor to protect my backyard, and my grandkids when I am not there, and vice versa. We have to get Israel and Palestine to that shared narrative. Currently, Israel has the whole diaspora […]

Preparing to get on with my day this morning when a notice appeared on my phone that my automated payment to my phone plan failed. Oh. right. A couple of weeks ago my bank called me and said my credit card was part of a group that may have been compromised, and that I needed […]