Rational Conservatism from the Rocky Mountains
I am presently subscribing to The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written published by Easton Press. These books are sweet: leather bound, illustrated, acid-neutral paper, hubbed spine, 22kt. gold accents, fabric endsheets, etc. So far I’ve received Moby Dick, Crime and Punishment, Great Expectations and The Brothers Karamazov. These books will easily last longer than me…and [...]
I’m guilty of nostalgia on occasions (see recent posts) but I don’t think I’m guilty of romanticizing the past. I’m fortunate, I suppose, in that most of what I remember is the good stuff, not the bad. Perhaps it’s a psychological defense mechanism, because my past is certainly full of experiences I’d rather not remember. [...]
This isn’t it, but it’s the closest picture I could find. This is a ’74 Gremlin, I owned a ’76. Mine was brown with black ‘racing stripes.’ Man I loved that car. I put over a quarter million miles on mine. It had a 25 gallon gas tank and got better than 20 miles per [...]
In the 70s and 80s I lived in Louisiana. I now live in Colorado. I would be lying if I didn’t admit that this TV show was part of the reason for my current address. Did you notice that Pam Dawber was intelligent, brunette and the ultimate girl-next-door? Seems there’s a pattern to my TV [...]
I still remember the first time I saw this video on MTV. There was something about it that resonated strongly, and I still think it is one of the best videos ever made. The song is haunting, evocative and performed flawlessly. There aren’t many songs that drag me into their world, but this one always [...]
OK, so it’s the result of a misclassification of a known cat on Borneo, but it’s still a pretty cool story. New species of leopard with largest fangs in cat world discovered | the Daily Mail Long thought to be identical to the clouded leopards living on mainland South East Asia, genetic analysis has shown [...]
Activity discovered at Yellowstone supervolcano – LiveScience – MSNBC.com One of the largest supervolcanoes in the world lies beneath Yellowstone National Park and scientists say activity there is increasing. Though the Yellowstone system, which spans parts of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, is active and expected to eventually blow its top, scientists don’t think it will [...]
My ancient degree in physics (from 1984) is so out of date that I am probably not qualified any longer to hold an opinion on such arcane theories as String Theory, M-Theory and Quantum Gravity. But I will anyway. I’m reading this book (The Trouble With Physics) by Lee Smolin right now. It is a [...]
Perhaps Dadman and I have been flooding the blog with too many nostalgic posts about our high school days. I guess I better get back to posting things of interest to other people.
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