First off, the props: Congratulations and gratitude to the Sacramento Public Library, the Sacramento Bee Book Club, and the National Endowment for the Arts for making Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer this year’s Big Read/One Book Sacramento selection.
Read the Rest!Sick of Politics?
Even with one week to go–had enough of the infinite but intensifying demolition derby of cash-infused calumny that our electoral campaigns have become?
Read the Rest!How Green is my Footprint?
Oh, to be raised by an engineer. In my workplace, the rest of management mouth “green,” but that’s about as far as it goes.
Read the Rest!Here we go again
Off hiatus, two-plus years later. Things aren’t perfect — but isn’t it wonderful that you don’t have to turn aside, squint, and grit your teeth when the Leader of the Free World opens his mouth?
Read the Rest!Placekickers II
Picking up from last week: Who gets the ball, why, and how we get it back. “Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.”– Plato
Read the Rest!Placekickers I
If life in America today is like the game of American football, we citizens – you and I, the rank and file – are sociopolitical placekickers.
Read the Rest!Wheels IV
Picking up from last week: Steering, biking, pedaling, and shuffling stupid.
Read the Rest!Wheels III
Picking up from last week: Obnoxious? Let me continue to count the ways.
Read the Rest!Wheels I
Starting Now: Four parts on the “rules of the road,” such as they are. Let’s move on – from the hardware itself to the operating systems.
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