black clouds over Jakartablack labblack widowblack kittenblack catblackjackJack Black in blackwith a knick-knack paddy whack(fossil found beside the Black S...
Medical Marijuana (4): Botanical Chemistry
I am going to guess that just about everyone knows the active ingredient in marijuana is THC (tetrahydrocannabinol). That's what gets you high. But like so many other plants, chemical compounds, prescription medications, herbal remedies and drugs...
Two Characters & Several Decades
It has come to my attention that at least two of my friends feel there is a recent movie out (on cable) in which the lead character reminds them of me. Before I reveal which contemporary film has led them to that comparison, I want to tell a much older...
Budget (Debt) Numbers
The Outstanding Public Debt of the United States Federal Government as of 25 Jul 2011 at 01:45:42 PM GMT was:$14,356,900,414,790.21(click on the number for a current update)In consideration of the partisan bickering going on in Washington D.C. these...
Saturation Saturday: Green
Charia by Dale Chihulyat Aria in Las Vegasphoto by Amy CalistriGaia is Greentreehugger.comgreen snakegreen eggs & hamgreen aurora over Greenlandit ain't easy being gr...
Medical Marijuana (3): Human Experimentation
This really is human experimentation. The human being would be me and the experimentation being necessary because the self-serving medical establishment coupled with reactionary social policies have prevented responsible investigation into the medical...
All Those (42) Years Ago
If you are over 47 or 48 years old, you know exactly where you were 42 years ago today.If you would like to lightly reminisce, here is a unique point of view. The First Lunar Landing as told by the astronauts.One small st...
Reflecting Your Life
Twenty plus years ago I made a series of continuing education tapes for real estate license renewal in California. I got studio time only after the "big names" in real estate got their shot. The problem was simply that none of them had ever done live...
Apartment with a View
A regular reader pointed out that I have not shared any window gazing from my high perch here in Berkeley; at least not recently. So today a few peeks or peaks from my windows on the San Francisco Bay. The first shot above will be familiar to many Bay...
Saturation Saturday: Brown
brown rosesbrowniesbrown bearturtle browniebrown pelicanmint brownieChocolate Fountain atBellagio in Las Vegasextra happy brownieCharlie Br...
Medical Marijuana (2): The Dispensary
Non-Californian residents might be surprised how many little towns and crossroads here in the Golden State now support a medical marijuana dispensary. Being that I live in the great San Francisco Bay area, I have many choices of which facility to use....
Art & Literature Through Our Ages
A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight. --Robertson DaviesI'm going to tell a little story about art and then I want...
Are We Alone in the Multi-Verse?
Current scientific estimates are that there are about 200 billion stars in the Milky Way, so that means there could be at least 400 billion drifting planets in space, add to that the planets that orbit stars and the smaller free-floaters we can't...
A Modest Proposal for the U.S. Budget
There is not enough money to do everything everyone wants done. When we had enough money to do nearly everything everyone wanted done, we pissed it away on useless crap, foreign intervention, poorly organized educational reform, military toys and highways...
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