The Best Posts of 2008

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“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

Neatness Counts?

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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

Photographic Evidence

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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

Top 10 Photos 2008

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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

Anton Staartjes

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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