An acquaintance of mine posted the following on facebook:
”Re-Post if Your Home Is NOT a Gun-Free Zone”
Allow me to make myself clear: If you plan on co…
Feb 092013
Jan 272013
Some months ago I relocated from Sacramento to Woodland in order to regroup. Shortly thereafter I gained survival employment …back in Sacramento. As a result I commute there to work, but shop here as a rule. Still, now and then…
Oct 212012
I haven’t been posting much of late.
I have recently started a new job and the training is 4PM to Midnight. The internal clock is still recalibrating. So it has come to pass that I am working for a major telecom company again. Back to th…
Oct 062012
A newly minted University graduate with a degree in music has been reduced for the nonce to playing cowbell for an unappreciative audience of birds.
Jamie Fox spends all day in a farmer’s field, dressed all in orange…
Oct 062012
Sep 302012
Under the cover of the ubiquitous San Francisco fog, the Guerrilla Grafters strike, grafting fruit tree branches onto fruitless trees and bringing pears and plums and cherries to working class neighborhoods.
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Sep 222012
Peter Houison Craufurd, 28th Laird of Craufurdland Castle, and Washer of The Sovereign’s Hands, has died at the age of 82. For years he has awaited the pleasure of Her Majesty with a with a silver ewer, bowl and salver holding a linen tow…
Sep 202012
Police and local rangers on Elcho Island in the Northern Territories of Australia were somewhat surprised when the received reports of a Viking longboat off shore.
”With swords drawn, it was establish…
Sep 152012
Five months ago a public library was closed in north London as part of a cost-cutting measure. Now a remarkable thing has happened. A group of squatters composed of artists, students and a former librarian have moved into the libra…
Sep 092012
The following is cross-posted from tywkiwdbi with a few small additions. It is my favorite blog. You should visit it often.
My aunt, aged 94, died last week. In and of itself, there is nothing remarkable in this statement, …