You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review: The House of the Spirits
I hope Fox News and the politically-motivated book banning mob they’re whipping up take a wrong turn and march right off a cliff.
Air-Minded: PASM Photoblog I
It’s time I posted more photos from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. As a volunteer tour guide, I’m sometimes able to visit parts of the museum visitors don’t get to see. There’s always something interesting hidden away. These two Japanese Kamikaze planes, for example. Until recently only the fuselages have been visible, […]
Another Racist, Another Unfriending
Trying … and failing … to hold onto the notion that it’s possible to be conservative without also being racist and stupid.
Saturday Bag o’ Heartbleed
Mark of the beast? Hail Satan, bring it on.
Sunday Bag o’ Birds
Five years ago I photoblogged the birth of two hummingbirds. The mother had built her nest on a storage hook hanging from a support beam underneath our patio overhang. Donna and I would watch her through the sliding screen door to the patio, then dash out to check on her eggs whenever she flew off. […]
You Can’t Read That!
You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post featuring banned book reviews and news roundups. YCRT! Rant Legislators in the Kansas Senate are considering a bill that will make it easy for parents and district attorneys to bring legal action against teachers, librarians, and school principals who expose students to “objectionable material” (which the bill […]
Mini-Gypsy Tour 1/2014 Photoblog
If I can afford it, there’ll be another motorcycle tour this year, hence the “1” in the title. Mini-Gypsy Tour 2/2014 will involve either Sturgis or Four Corners; haven’t decided yet. The first tour of 2014 was a more modest affair, a six-day round-robin from Tucson to Flagstaff, Las Vegas, Zion National Park, and back. […]
Mini-Gypsy Tour the Next
Packing for tomorrow’s motorcycle trip. This one won’t be too rigorous, just a six-day ride to Flagstaff, Las Vegas, Zion National Park, and home again. Mostly I’ll be in Las Vegas with my son Gregory, daughter-in-law Beth, and grandson Quentin. I leave in the morning, heading for Flagstaff via back roads through Globe and Pinetop. […]