Among the small thrills of encountering canonical works for the first time – Homer, say, or the King James Bible, or Star Wars – are the moments when you come across some turn of phrase so well-used it has been … Continue reading →

This may well be the first time that someone from the other side has shown any sign of understanding my opposition to the Iraq War. As many war supporters pointed out, then and now, there were all sorts of positive … Continue reading →

Skepticblog has some nice speculation – starting with this video which claims that, whatever aliens look like, they certainly won’t look like us. Richard Dawkins wades into the argument to make the case for convergent evolution. Convergent evolution is the … Continue reading →

From NBC. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE Then: 4.2% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 2001) Now: 6.7% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2008) DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE Then: 10,587 (close of Friday, Jan. 19, 2001) Now: 9,015 (close of Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009) … Continue reading →

Last time I visited Better Explanations, I got stuck there for hours. I resisted this time once I realized I was reading all the same articles for a second time. Today’s bait showed up in my RSS feed. Suppose we … Continue reading →

In my quest to find blogs with a political outlook different from my own, I came across Secular Right. It’s pretty good. Plenty to disagree with but without the undertone of atheists are un-american. Some of the bloggers are escapees … Continue reading →

Either the software I used to record this inserts big pauses at the end of every measure, or I need to buy a metronome. Hotel California I think the software also inserts bum notes every time I play a B7.

Got a Rock Frog for Christmas. First ever public performance! Peaceful, Easy Feeling by the Ragged Clown. http://www.raggedclown.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/peaceful-easy-feeling.mp3