Monthly Archives: May 2018

Monoculture

My sister wanted to go to the Scottish Festival in Costa Mesa.  My brother, sister-in-law, and niece drove up from San Diego to join us. I was a little worried, times being what they are, that this year the festival … Continue reading

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Trap

Sometimes existence feels like being born into a bear trap.

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Read

I’ve decided to try and reread a book for every new book I read.  It seems like a good time to revisit old ideas in the light of experience rather than frantically cramming my head full of new ideas all … Continue reading

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Numberwang

11,834.5 miles. (The trip odometer rolled over at 10k.) Average of 47 miles per gallon. That’s Numberwang.

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Interval

I was listening to one of the Seminars About Long Term Thinking by Brian Christian called “Algorithms to Live By” (based on his book of the same name.) He mentioned the term “interval” as the determining factor when making a decision … Continue reading

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Sanctuary

I went back to church to sit and think.

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Tudor

I’ve always wanted to stay at the historic Benbow Inn.  It was built in 1926.This was the view out my hotel room window, looking out at the stone bridge over the South Fork Eel River.

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Realtime

Finally!  My blog posting has caught up to realtime again!

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Fading

Certain songs have scored certain points on my journey across the U.S.  John Denver in West Virginia.  Paul Simon in Memphis.  Chris Isaak in New Mexico.  But overall, I think I listened to Neko Case the most.  If I had … Continue reading

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