What is god?

Posted on October 13, 2021October 5, 2021 by Simon

“IS TV GOD”? or “IS GOOGLE GOD”? I have been arguing that Google is god lately. The internet may have killed the TV God. Gods come and go to fit the needs of society as was arg... Read More

Choices

Posted on October 9, 2021October 3, 2021 by Simon

The real choices we face are between competing suboptimal solutions. There is not a magic bullet that will solve all of America’s problems. Thinking that our “problems” can be “sol... Read More

Difficult Times

Posted on October 2, 2021September 8, 2021 by Simon

“In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.” Blaise Pascal... Read More

WWIT about Covid update

Posted on September 22, 2021September 17, 2021 by Simon

On September 8 the President gave a talk announcing that he was going to use OSHA to enforce a mandatory vaccination program. Some said it was an attempt to divert attention from the Afghanistan... Read More

Really

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Simon

”Organic Cigarettes” Is there anyone in the world who thinks this is a good idea? This is a photo of an actual ad in the Phoenix version of New Times.... Read More

Conceiving God #9

Posted on September 1, 2021July 2, 2021 by Simon

Morality evolved in pre-human mammalian societies. There is no need for religion to supply a moral code. From Conceiving GodBy David Lewis-Williams... Read More

Travel

Posted on August 28, 2021 by Simon

Travel is both a benefit and a curse. page 2 A waterfall in the Olympic Peninsula. There aren’t as many as I expected that are assessable via day hikes. But the ones we saw were beautiful.... Read More

Traffic Circles Part Two

Posted on August 17, 2021August 16, 2021 by Simon

Last week I wrote a blog entry about traffic circles and my discovery of why I dislike them. Alert reader Andy B. Directed me to a podcast on this very subject on FreakonomicsRadio. It was packed with... Read More

Traffic Circles

Posted on August 13, 2021 by Simon

Bend, Oregon might be the traffic circle capital of the United States. We are in Bend so I’ve been driving through dozens every day and thinking why I don’t like them. I have never been a big prop... Read More

Platitudes on Vacation

Posted on August 10, 2021August 9, 2021 by Simon

The journey is the reward. I found a beach stone that had a beak. After a few days of looking I found another one with a tail. The result was this barely recognizable bird on a window sill. Vacation a... Read More

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