Food and Philosophy
Imbolc Waxing Wild Moon There and back. To the grocery store. Where, as I wandered the aisles, I got a feeling of wanting to eat a better diet. Again. This is not new. It comes and goes. Sometimes I eat … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Sunday
Imbolc Waxing Wild Moon Sitting smack in the middle of the continent mother nature’s worst usually passes us by and heads instead for coastal regions, islands, the ring of fire or arid areas. Chile. Hilo, Hawai’i. Kobe, Japan. Miami or … Continue reading
Posted in Weather +Climate
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The Grand Tour
Imbolc Waxing Wild Moon Met the Grout Doctor today. Turns out he wears a yellow weatherproof jacket, very new jeans and rubber duckies. Allan came by to give us an estimate on what it would take to rehabilitate some aching … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Dogs, GeekWorld
Tagged camera, GDA, Grand Tour, limping, Uffizi, Unmaking, Vega
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Terremoto
Imbolc Full Wild Moon Earthquakes. Great and terrible. They fascinate me, as do volcanoes and tsunami. As you look at this scale, notice that it goes up logarithmically, not geometrically. An 8.5 is 5 billion tons of tnt while a … Continue reading
Potholes. Puddles. Slush. Oh, Boy.
Imbolc Full Wild Moon March will come in under a full Wild Moon. It will also come in gently, according to the weather reports. It will not, however, be all calm and sunshine. March is a transition month here in … Continue reading
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TV, Movies, Sports
Imbolc Waxing Wild Moon The moon hangs, almost full, high in the southeastern sky tonight, Orion off to the west, heading toward his fade out from winter, small glints of ancient light on an equally ancientrail through the universe. He’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema and Television, Sport
Tagged Battlestar Galactica, Ben Affleck, Caprica, Cylon, Helen Mirren, Orion, Rachel McAdams, Russell Crow, wild moon
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Bald Guys Are Athletic, too.
Imbolc Waxing Wild Moon “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein I don’t know who this guy is and I don’t care. I just love the fact that there is a bald athlete competing in the games. This … Continue reading
Contemporaries and Art
Imbolc Waxing Wild Moon Into the Walker today to pick up doggie meds from Mark O. who brought them back from Mexico last week. He’s a wounded traveler, struck down by a bug and a bum knee. Mark went with … Continue reading
Books
Imbolc Waxing Wild Moon Bill Schmidt made me aware of this video: Muslim Demographics. He included the link to it within the Snopes website: http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/demographics.asp. If you’re not familiar with Snopes, it tracks down information on claims made in videos, … Continue reading
Posted in Humanities, Letters, Writing
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Marriage
Imbolc Waxing Wild Moon Marriage has some of the tango, some of the waltz and quite a bit of rock and roll. Over the years of our marriage Kate and I have learned to dance to our music, to the … Continue reading