I'm sure everyone has heard about the wildfires on Maui, which totally destroyed the old town of Lahaina, and killed many people (the death toll keeps rising). But I'm betting that not so many have heard what really happened. The mainstream media, which I am coming to believe is a greater withholder of news that …
Sometimes, you have to think "outside the box" to re-imagine the "box". Especially when the theme is "framing". So I remembered a sight from this year's Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration. Having run out of counter space to display all their accordions for sale, the owner of Tempo Trend Music from Victoria, BC enlisted a perfect …
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For a long time, I have pondered how companies treat their employees. Often, I think to myself that I want to work at a company which treats its employees like valuable assets, instead of just labor costs to be minimized. Well, last week I learned something that just blew me away, and confirmed what I …
I think this one achieves everything it sets out to do. Read the whole thing, and then tell me you disagree. What is the "Right Side of History"? Cynical Publius lays it all out for you. I get tired of Democrats claiming to be on the “right side of history” when both their past and their …
Continue reading An awesome Twitter post. Not just a “tweet”. Whose is the Right Side of History?
So, let's have some serious Feline Fun. First off, some cute cat cartoons. It's really easy to make all sorts of jokes about cat behavior, and what they would say if they could talk. What cat owner hasn't encountered this sort of situation? Remember the saying? "Dogs have owners, cats have staff". And they are …
Overlooked? I'll show you overlooked! You might not believe this, but it is true. I have lived in my neighborhood for 23 years, and it was only this year that I finally noticed a dilapidated building across the busy street which borders the back of our complex. It is behind some trees, and not painted, …
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So, this week's challenge mentions once-in-a-lifetime events. Visiting an erupting volcano is about as once-in-a-lifetime as it gets! On our cruise to Hawaii in 2018, we were treated to an after-dark experience when the cruise ship hovered about a mile offshore the Big Island of Hawaii, and we get all the sensations of a volcano …
Since the All-Star Games have come and gone, and all the homeless have returned to the area around the stadia in south downtown Seattle, we have the usual summer reports. The Capitol Hill Block Party was going on recently, and it had its usual amount of mayhem. In case you were not aware, Capitol Hill …
This afternoon, I dashed off a long letter to the editors of the Wall Street Journal, of which I have been a subscriber since 1991. I am angry at them for all the news they have been ignoring, news that is extremely alarming for this country. I would love to hear the thoughts of my …
And this very detailed tweet explains it all! Now that I am back at work, I take a lunch from home most days. Three days a week, I take 1/3 of a prepared salad from our local grocery store. I always add a bunch of cucumbers to my salad (I discovered the mini-cucumbers, which are …
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