Monthly Archives: August 2015

If humans have rights, what are their responsibilities? If a lion has the right not to be hunted to death, does it also have the responsibility not to eat me? Frankly, I don’t trust the lion to keep his half … Continue reading →

A man who finds a bottle on a beach. He uncorks it and out comes a genie who offers the man a choice between a colossal amount of money or infinite wisdom. The man thinks hard for a few minutes … Continue reading →

We went up to the land for another picnic supper yesterday afternoon/evening. We got up there around 5 and decided to walk down to the “orchard” area to see the trees before we ate. We walked down the path through … Continue reading →

On the subject of clothing styles — some people might have disapproved when three Americans wore polo shirts and khakis (see picture) when they received the French Legion of Honor. But not the Washington Post Style Blog: Polo shirts and … Continue reading →

My style is “dress for the job you want,” and the job I want is unemployed independently wealthy eccentric recluse. —Maura Quint That’s me! “Unemployed independently wealthy,” of course, just means being retired and having enough to live on. Not … Continue reading →

The skies have been hazy with smoke lately —not from wildfires here in New Mexico, but from the fires in California and the Northwest. As you can see from the following two pictures, the mountains have disappeared. The fires and … Continue reading →

I put on my detective’s hat and spent a reasonable amount of time the past couple of days trying to figure out why my backups wouldn’t work. I just kept isolating the problem until I found the answer — it … Continue reading →

Beate, Tim, and Andy have been going on walks most Sundays this summer. Part of yesterday’s was along an old wagon road — notice the leaning tree and Andy’s pith helmet. The trails and roads where they walk are “slightly … Continue reading →

Groan! I was trying to do a simple backup of my website, but for some reason the program at my hosting service no longer works correctly. Technical support gave me some things to try, but they didn’t work, so I’m … Continue reading →

The subject of being poor came up on another blog, and it reminds me of this video by John Oliver. He does a great job of pointing out minor municipal violations can be a nuisance to people with money, but … Continue reading →