Someone shared this with me... I offer it to the cat lovers here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw1C5T-fH2Y&feature=youtu.be Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, August 5, 2013
Monday, July 8, 2013
Out of ear-shot, out of mind...?
Adnohr asks if things are really worse, as they seem to be... It's a common impression, and as I commented to her post, it's partly due to the way we move information around, with speed unimagined by people even 50 years ago. Natural and other disasters happened then, too, but we didn't hear about it. I think it's also the great determination of the media to throw around the most shocking, devastating, titilating stories they can, making the most of the side of human nature that feeds on the... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
All children are Our Children
I've known several couples who chose not to have children. I don't know all their reasons, but some have shared their reasons with me. One of the women feels that she would not make a good mother. She recognizes that she does not want to be saddled with the costs and demands of parenthood. Another stated outright that she has no hopes for the world's future, and declines to make any investment in that future. It is a sign of a society's decadence and decline when childbirth in the upper classes... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
It's the 2nd of July!
Raise a cheer today, July 2, for the day the Founders actually signed the Declaration of Independence, though it took a couple more days for the news to get out. This nation is 237 years old today (if my head-math has figured it accurately) which is not at all a bad age for any nation to remain intact. As in any life, it's had its moments both of glory and ignominy, of celebration and regret, energy and weariness, victory and embarrassment. No one is perfect. I attribute its long life to one... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, June 24, 2013
If you get the Word A Day from Anu Garg
you may have seen this already... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6uL0WURuZ4 Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
and a HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to all!
Even if you aren't a father, you probably have one, and chances are, he'd be glad for you to have a happy day, too! Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Thinking more about CCT's comment
So many people live in risky areas, as if nothing will happen to them. People return to the slopes of active volcanoes, like Vesuvius and Lassen. People live in Seattle and Tacoma, the whole southern end of Puget Sound, as if Mt Rainier will never erupt again, although we know it will. (When that day comes, downtown Seattle and much of Tacoma will be gone, like Pompei and Herculaneum. I've seen the projected devastation maps.) In California, it's the San Andreas Fault--one of many that run up... Sign in to see full entry.
over 8000 acres burned, 360 homes
That makes it more devastating and costly than last summer's Waldo Canyon fire. No cause has been determined, but lightning strike is about ruled out. In fact, no cause has been determined for the Waldo Canyon fire, either, though it is pretty certain it was human-caused. Deliberate or accidental, they don't know. It was originally feared that several people did not get out of their homes in time, but now there is only one person on the 'missing' list. (Two people died in Waldo Canyon, an older... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
There's smoke in the skies again
You can see it from here, if you look to the northeast, where an area called Black Forest is burning. Reports say that 100 houses have burned, and that a number of people declined to evacuate, thinking they could defend their houses on their own. Their fates are unknown at this time. This, being rural Colorado, means that livestock is in need of shifting out of the fire's path. Some people have had to leave horses behind, when the approaching fire came too close, and authorities evacuated them.... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, June 7, 2013
They are looking over our shoulders...
Apparently, the Feds in Washington not only have been and will be peering into our phones, social media use, and internet use, the attitude they're going with is, Sure we are. Sure we have. Sure we will. Get over it. National Security, folks. Homeland Security. Why do I suddenly feel so... insecure? This is not just about being at war with terrorism, though it starts there. This is about the citizen being perceived by the Feds as the enemy. This is about citizens perceiving the Feds as the... Sign in to see full entry.