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A change from the dreary and boring world of politics. So if you're young, why would you want to hang out with fat, old people wno don't wear clothes? It's a San Francisco newspaper of course … Old nudists struggling to recruit nakedness-averse millennials "It's an older group, and I don't know why, but it…

Strange – hit the link for a reconstruction. "Hammerhead" Reptile Ate… Plants? The crocodile-size reptile lived about 242 million years ago, during the Middle Triassic period.

One of those “I report, you decide” videos. At the end of the video, you realize (if you know anything about Obamacare) that Clinton doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Whether the woman had “a terrible healthcare event” or not is irrelevant to her cost of insurance.

Nothing like a German Shepherd. When I met Brigid (February 17th, 1978) she had a German Shepherd "Feisty", and there was no way she was leaving Jamaica without her dog. Gutsy German shepherd saves SAS lives when troops were ambushed by ISIS in northern Iraq The Special Forces team were ambushed by a group of…

As she goofs around with the card I gave her. The punch line was – she should spend the day doing what I usually do – Nothing…

So last night Brigid had a sudden yen for chocolate – and there was none in the house. Until … I remembered I’d picked up some chocolate for the boys to give to Mom. Dug it out at 25 minutes to midnight.  Here’s the kicker – the tag was still attached, which Brigid found uber…

Even though I disagree with Kristoff on most things – although not on some of his ideas about fighting poverty – I've always felt that he's an honest NYT columnist, unlike, for example, Paul Krugman. It's really a great column. A Confession of Liberal Intolerance WE progressives believe in diversity, and we want women, blacks,…

Brigid and I have been watching this series  and we both think it's pretty good – on the National Geographic channel. "The Story of God with Morgan Freeman" Here's an interview with Morgan Freeman as well as with the show's producer. Morgan Freeman talks about his journey to becoming 'a believer' in God "The Story…

I posted about Fr. Berrigan here – Daniel Berrigan, SJ

I already posted this Brigid learns geocaching on yesterday’s Sugarloaf Mountain hike   with an amusing short video of Brigid finding a geocache, and here are a few more pictures. Sugarloaf is one of my favorite hikes – less than 2 and a half mile round trip with an elevation gain of about 900 feet. The…