Pine beetles have been destroying the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Of course, they didn’t just recently develop an appetite for pines: they are called pine…
Letter to NYSDOT re: Preserving the Rails.
Posted on 0 commentSeptember 14, 2013 Raymond F. Hessinger, Director, Freight & Passenger Rail Bureau, NYS Department of Transportation, 50 Wolf Road, POD 54, Albany, NY 12232. Dear Sir: I strongly…
What I believe.
Posted on 0 commentGovernment: I believe that government of and by the people is not necessarily government for the people. We don’t usually know much at all about the representatives we…
Fran Frey obit
Posted on 0 commentFran Frey sang 26 sides for George Olsen’s band in the 1920s and early 30s. I got this obit from Ancestry.com; registration is required, so…
Mexico Obesity Rate Surpasses The United States’, Making It Fattest Country In The Americas
Posted on 0 commentIt’s hard to break old habits. With all the fun things we can do just sitting around the house, it’s not an easy thing to…
You can find ANYTHING on the Internet. Really.
Posted on 0 commentWhen I was 5, my family went to West Virginia on vacation. We took a ride on the then-new Cass Scenic Railroad. I bought a…
One of my favorite SF books.
Posted on 0 commentFlow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick My rating: 5 of 5 stars It is quite fashionable, here in 2013, to say…
Dead Pope John Paul II to be made a saint.
Posted on 0 commentThis is such a travesty of justice that it beggars words sufficient for description. Untold numbers of children cried out in prayer, some perhaps even…
The only film of Annette Hanshaw.
Posted on 0 commentI’m putting this here because, well, it’s MY blog and I love this music.
Not the death of the Voting Rights Act
Posted on 0 commentSomebody on scotusblog.com was just talking about the “historic” nature of the decision on the Voting Rights Act. The headline on HuffPo says “Supremes Gut…