I had an interesting cultural experience yesterday evening and this morning. I submitted a photograph to waferbaby’s city project. Daniel asked readers to take a photograph of someplace in their city and send it to him along with a description. I sent him a picture of the inside of Union Station because, let’s face it, [...]

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First of all, some changes to the web site: I’ve updated the About page. Also, the blueyonder skin has been available for the last day or so. I haven’t said anything about it because I was still toying with it, but today I added a subtle background. That made all the difference. So take a [...]

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Dad sends me this article on music and copyright. Is anyone surprised that the music industry is continuing to abuse artists and consumers alike? Certainly not me.
Also, I need your opinion. I sit in front of a computer all day. I’m supposed to be on the Internet. It’s my job. Hence, I update constantly. Should [...]

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Ladies and gentlemen, today I want to inform you of a great and terrible environmental problem we are facing. This new pollution snarls our traffic, impedes our progress, and threatens our very well being. I am speaking, of course, of bicyclist pollution.
I know, I know. Bicycling is supposed to reduce pollution. It uses only [...]

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Business knows best, right? They can get things done more efficently than the federal government. So we’ll just turn everything over to business. Sounds great until you read things like this.
Government subcontracting and grants are, all too often, used to line a very few people’s pockets with the tax money collected from everyone in the [...]

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