If this is a democracy, and I still believe that it nominally is, then if the government kills people, then I’m killing people and I object to the damage that does to my soul. I think it diminishes us as a people, and as a nation and I’m opposed to it on those grounds. Steve [...]
‘Just thought I’d share a little mom-love today. I’ve blogged before about the sewing machine I picked up a few months ago, but what I haven’t shared is that of all the tools I’ve bought through the years this machine is quickly becoming my favorite. Part of it is the unexpectedness of it – I’ve [...]
Five years ago I blogged about a phenomenon Andy and I had termed, “The Aristocracy Threshold“, and that I later learned was more commonly known as wealth condensation. It is a formalization of the “the rich get richer” adage, and in terms of daily mind candy it’s pretty attractive. It is the carrot that drives [...]
I found myself staring at the fine-print on the comics in today’s edition of the Bend Bulletin, our local paper – things like the date, the syndicated company, and the name of the artist. Curiously, that latter bit of info – the artist – turns out to be different from the creator a fair amount of the [...]
Over at TechSpaceBend, we needed to put up some whiteboards and corkboards. Big ones like you’d have in an office, not the little ones that decorate your kids room at home. The only problem is that TSB is a non-profit with little/no funds availble, and these things tend to be a bit pricey. A 6′ X [...]