"It is whispered by some that only by abandoning our freedom, our ideals, our way of life, can we build our defenses adequately, can we match the strength of the aggressors. ... I do not share these fears."— Franklin D Roosevelt's fireside chat of May 26th, 1940. Foro on Freedom: today our freedom is contingent... Continue Reading →
Christmas Spirit
It's the final countdown to the shortest day of the year. The only thing that should make up for this is Christmas, which is a time of giving, and caring, and stress.... why I'm stressed is anyone's guess. There is nothing more than the usual, but maybe I'm just needing a break from it? But... Continue Reading →
20th Century Cow
Well, she's fashionably lean And she's fashionably late (Today there was a tree down on the little train line up to my village. I had to hitchhike down to the town down below where the main train runs, me and a guy from Moldavia who also needed to get down for his driving exam. We got... Continue Reading →
Global Weirding
It's had several iterations: global warming, climate change and so forth. One of the terms I liked was "global weirding". Things are just changing, faster than they should, with floods in one place, heat waves in another, droughts in others. I liked the term "global weirding" to explain all the odd weather events that have... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 