Québec There’s a light, powdery snow on the ground , and a tiny animal like a mouse has to push his way through it, rather than walk on top of it. The result are some fabulous tracks. What’s it like to be inside that little brain, going around in circles like that? Probably not that different, […]
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Inside a mouse’s brain.
14-Jan-10Winter Sunrise.
14-Jan-10Letting the pets out…
11-Jan-10http://schottremovals.co.uk/our-services/packing-materials … for a stroll on a winter morning. The ever-tame Wildcat Mountain deer.
Local Radio.
07-Jan-10On New Year’s Day, I listened to the Woodstock radio station WDST, which is just about the only independent radio station I’ve ever heard. They had their “top 100 songs of the decade.” Apparently this list was determined by listener vote in some way or other. The list is so idiosyncratic it reads like a […]
Marriage.
07-Jan-10A curious graphic from Andrew Sullivan, showing the (few) states that allow same-sex marriage, and the (many) states that allow marriage between first cousins. Is there supposed to be an “eww” factor here? What rationale could be used to ban marriage between first cousins if they have the right to marry whomever they please? The […]
The Impossible.
07-Jan-10I don’t know if he said this, but if he did, this might make me like a guy like Rahm Emanuel: According to reports, Emanuel told Dayan the U.S. is sick of the Israelis, who adopt suitable ideas months too late, when they are no longer effective. The U.S. is also sick of the Palestinians […]
From the Stupid Ancients department. The technique of Leonides, here, might inspire a gifted statesman to find a way to save New Orleans. “The inhabitants of Byzantium, who are formidable tipplers, are reported to live in bars, moving out of their own houses and dwellings, which they let to foreigners visiting the city. They abandon […]
Home Puttering.
04-Jan-10Warmer weather today. In the 20s, and the wind almost entirely stopped. Carolina Blue skies too – really just a lovely day. Three coyotes swung by last night, one crossing right in front of the house. The deer have fallen into a pattern the past few days, taking a trail that crosses by the stream. […]
The Stranger By Albert Camus.
04-Jan-10The Stranger is one of the most enigmatic books on the modern classics bookshelf. While reading it, it is easy to believe that it is the result of a thought in the artist’s head; its strangeness resembles the strangeness of a thought taken very far. But it is not entirely clear what that thought is, […]
New Content for the Internet.
11-Jan-10I had the pleasure of going over the Hamilton Fish Bridge on I-84 twice today (that’s the (Hamilton Fish) Bridge, not the Hamilton (Fish Bridge), by the way). It’s named for one of the Hamilton Fishes, a family of New York politicians. There were several of the name, and like Roman Marcus Claudius Marcelluses or […]