“The greater the complexity of a system, the more likely that system is to fail.” David Galland, The Rational Optimist Society The photo is an Inuk Shuk I built in Granada Park in Phoenix....Read More
Wine Tasting in Southern California. We went wine tasting last spring with our friends Randy and Connie, who live in Temecula. It was the first of a busy summer of wine tastings that included Italy, P...Read More
During the 2024 election cycle Democrats spent $4.5 billion and Republicans spent $3.5 billion trying to get your vote. A total of $8 billion, which sounds like a lot until you find out that Americans...Read More
Exculpatory Adjective: Tending or serving to clear from alleged fault or guilt. Example: “The hair sample found at the crime scene was not exculpatory for the accused.” Photo is of the int...Read More
Perigee Noun: the point in the orbit of a moon or a satellite at which it is nearest to the object it is orbiting. Example: “At its perigee the moon is roughly 224,000 miles from earth.” U...Read More
“Secretiveness is not a crime.” Aloysius Pendergast From the Pendergast novels by Preston and Child. The books are wonderful reading. They have little redeeming intellectual value but are very e...Read More
“Money can’t buy you class.” Luann de Lesseps Photo is of a postcard I bought in Oregon. It illustrates that time adds a patina of class to many things....Read More
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C Clarke At the Evergreen Air and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon with Nurit and Joan. The background is dominate...Read More