Tuesday, November 12, 2013
micro-loans
Some folks just can't get a loan. Not from a bank because they are too small, too young, too old... or there just aren't banks within reach; not from rich relatives, because they don't have any; not from their government or other 'official' sources. But what about you? Would you lend $25 to someone...
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Friday, November 8, 2013
a warning, if you don't already know about this one
This is the first I've heard of this one. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=ransom-malware&WT.mc_id=SA_WR_20131107
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Sunday, October 20, 2013
Australia burning...
The news is of hundreds of homes lost, fears of weather and winds bringing three separate fires into one, a pall of orange smoke over Sydney, smokey haze over the Opera House on Sydney Harbour... The blaze is in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. On my first trip to Sydney, we drove up that way, a...
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Friday, October 18, 2013
REIGN
The disclaimer at the end pretty much sums it up: Any resemblence to actual people or events is unintentional. Why do they call it history, then? Why don't they create the story they want to tell, and give original names to the characters, instead of giving the impression that we can learn something...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Ratcoons
https://www.facebook.com/WashHumane The handwritten letter...
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Friday, October 11, 2013
A happy Thanksgiving weekend to all my Canadian friends!
May it be a masterpiece of contentment nurtured with good food and wonderful company!
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
I am ready to see some government shut-down...
I'd like to see the Congress and President not get paid until they sort this out. Will they have the guts and integrity to go that route? Doubt it... I am glad to see that Speaker Boehner has been delivered the message that he does not in fact, run this country. He has clearly delivered the message...
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Saturday, September 28, 2013
again, with the sentimentality...
After reading the very thoughtful comments on the previous post on this topic, I realize that once again, we don't all attach the same definitions to a particular word. This has helped me clarify my own definition. Jimmy describes what I would call 'nostalgia'--a yearning for things lost or past. If...
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Friday, September 27, 2013
A Libertarian speaks about gun control, global warming and science
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-we-should-choose-science-over-beliefs&WT.mc_id=SA_WR_20130925 I found this article most interesting, and have to admit it's true for me, too. Motivated reasoning... is not the path to Reality, which demands that we act intelligently despite our...
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Thursday, September 26, 2013
Sentimental journeys
Some people use 'sentimental' as a warm and fuzzy word, meaning caring and feeling, sensitive, empathetic and sympathetic. Some people use it as a kind of pejoritive: emotionally-based reacting rather than actual thinking, a self-indulgence in the impractical. Whichever, Americans are notoriously...
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