A few weeks ago I posted a “Moral Dilemma” about some kids playing in the front yard of a church. Last Friday, in order to do something I sent the link to two of the public emails at t...Read More
“Best of” lists are controversial and judgmental. So of course I like them. This list is what I judge to be my top ten blog posts of 2008. Last year I posted a list of my best blogs ...Read More
Lillian was looking for some family pictures yesterday and came across my report cards from 1955 when I was about 8. The lesson of history may be that neatness only counts to small minded teachers. Th...Read More
Last July the Iranian Revolutionary Guard released a picture of a missile test. It turned out the picture had been photo shopped (new verb alert) to show more missiles than there really were. Ther...Read More
These are the 10 best photos I took in 2008. I’ve put then in a slide show on Flickr. “The Nubble has been judged by me to be my best: Look at all ten on FLickr and tell me what you th...Read More
Pixels are free and digital cameras are everywhere. I had a quixotic thought that there might be a pixel shortage after all of the cell phone photos taken at the Obama inauguration but no shortage h...Read More
In 2007 when Nurit and I were hiking on Hadrian’s Wall we travelled for some time with a couple from the Netherlands. They were about our age and hiking with the same company Mickeldore Travel...Read More