BurningbirdI tried to watch the movie, “The Magdalene Sisters” but had to stop, not because the movie was bad but because the movie made me so angry. If you’re unfamiliar with these spots from hell, they were convents run by the Catholic Church in several countries, and devoted to the ‘penance’ of wayward women. In them, […]
I accompanied my father to the surgeon’s office yesterday for his first post-operative checkup. This is easier said than done because my Dad’s in a wheelchair now, and necessitated the use of the nursing home’s transport van. I got there with a few minutes to spare and the nurse said he was in physical therapy. […]
In comments Dylan writes about having a visual RDF browser, …it would seem that a RDF Browser would be useful in traversing different distributed data as you follow connections and learn new information.. Danny Ayers also responded with: If I have your Poet Vocabulary plugin for my browser, whenever I encounter material containing appropriate terms from that vocab […]
All indications say that the fall colors this year will be muted compared to last year. I can see this already when I go out for a walk — too many leaves just dying without that final burst of color, falling to the ground as damp, dark shapeless lumps. But it’s still a bit early […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine from today, played back from memory “So, who are you voting for? Kerry or Bush?” “I’m going to write in McCain.” “Why? That’s throwing your vote away.” “I don’t really care for either Bush or Kerry.” “But McCain’s not running, that will throw your vote away.” “I like McCain. I […]