"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." —Mark Twain
Well, that didn’t take long. When it comes to snow in Tucson, it’s easy come, easy go. And God, what a beautiful day it is today! Like all Arizona newcomers, we miss snow in the abstract, but not at all in the particular. Of course in four or five months, when it’s a hundred and […]
It’s creeping down the mountain toward us. Weather forecasters are hedging their bets. Maybe it’ll snow in Tucson, maybe not. I think it’s down about as far as it’ll get this year. I have plenty of time to observe the weather today. Donna and Polly are out shopping for paint, and normally I’d grab this […]
Last night I dreamed something was making noise just outside our front door. Thinking (in the dream) it might be a wild animal, I snuck up to the door and quickly threw it open. As it opened I saw something – a darkness in the darkness, human in size – just outside the door. It screamed […]
This is just shameful: British athletes are being forced to agree not to critize China during the Olympics. Well, why not? There’s ample precedent: Will our own athletes will be required to sign a similar contract? I wonder why the American media doesn’t cover stories like this. Credit where credit’s due: spotted at Unqualified Offerings.
The Trail Trash drove to Phoenix yesterday to see the Titanic Artifact Exhibition at the Arizona Science Center. Which was eerie, sad, and fascinating. But was it the high point of the day? It was a high point, certainly. But so was being with friends. So was eating out with friends. And eat we did: […]
Here’s a great light dinner that might even be good for you. Ingredients (Salad) mixed salad greens red/yellow/green salad peppers, sliced red onion, sliced cherry tomatoes, whole green & black olives, pitted mozarella cheese Ingredients (Salmon) 1 lb salmon filet 1 T butter 3-4 T honey chopped dill Ingredients (Avacado Dressing) avacado 1 T sour cream […]
Boy, does this make me feel old: In early November 2007, the nose and cockpit section of a Missouri Air National Guard F-15C broke away from the rest of the aircraft during a training flight. The pilot ejected and survived. Here’s a simulation of what happened: Following the mishap, the USAF grounded its entire fleet […]
Gwen, one of my regular readers, alerted me to this story about Pentagon and pharmaceutical industry efforts to create a drug to suppress soldiers’ moral qualms over killing. Psychological Kevlar, in other words, to reduce or eliminate growing mental health problems in troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. That’s the trouble with traditional methods of overcoming our aversion […]