Simon Says Grundig SimonSeptember 21, 20100 People of a certain age know that Grundig, a West German company used to make some of the worlds most advanced...
Simon Says Indian Hemp: A Social Menace SimonSeptember 20, 20100 Opponents of Marijuana decriminalization were wrong in 1952 when this book was written and the are wrong...
Henges Toilet Henge SimonSeptember 20, 20100 This just in courtesy of Joe R: In the words of the ancient druids: "To henge is to live." More...
Recommendations Aftershock Irony SimonSeptember 20, 20100 I'm reading Aftershock the very good new book by Philippe Legrain. It address the question of what will happen next now...
Simon Says Another Mystery SimonSeptember 19, 20101 One of the Parkway Oaks in front of our house was dying and the City Forestry Department removed it. They left the...
Map Project Maps in Tecate SimonSeptember 19, 20100 The Changing Boundaries Map Exhibit that I curate is going to be at the CAREM museum in Tecate, BC, Mexico in...
Simon Says A Household Mystery SimonSeptember 18, 20102 In our family room we have a beautiful round glass sculpture. A few weeks ago we were moving the furniture around...
Simon Says Mystery Dots SimonSeptember 17, 20100 On the Big Sur coast we saw little white specks on the water: It turned out that it was a flock of white sea...
Nanny State Plastic Bag Ban Fails SimonSeptember 16, 20100 Even the Democrats in the California Legislature couldn't bring themselves to vote for this Nanny State Ban on Plastic...
Ideas Port-a-Potty Upgrade SimonSeptember 15, 20100 In Pasadena a construction site often has a Port-a-Potty and it looks like this: In Carmel we saw this one: We...