Justin and Tim – building in the basement

Thursday Justin (one of Tim’s buddies) went on a building spree in our basement. Actually Justin did most of the building while Tim and Joe spectated. Here’s some pix: The Tower falls! A little more complex Justin took this picture of his handicraft A couple of profiles of Joe and Tim

AIDS and life expectancy – the latest study

Wow. Here’s really interesting study, reported on by AP. The average American with AIDS has about a 24 year life expectancy. A big advance in the past two decades http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/average-american-with-hiv-lives-24-years/n20061110163909990011 An American diagnosed with the AIDS virus can expect to live for about 24 years on average, and the cost of health care over those … Read more

Commentary on the election – NY Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal

Here’s the NY Times editorial yesterday: The Democratic House – New York Times There was only one explanation for the crazy-quilt combination of victories around the country that gave the Democrats control of the House of Representatives last night: an angry shout of repudiation of the Bush White House and the abysmal way the Republican … Read more

Brief Health Update

As previously mentioned Tom Faranda’s Folly: Health update, I had a bone marrow biopsy done (two weeks ago today). I finally spoke with Dr. Zelenetz about the results yesterday (he’s a difficult guy to catch up with). The results aren’t all in, but what is available is inconclusive. I’m a little bit low on platelet … Read more

Post election wash-up

As the Prez said, "a thumping". More than anyone had predicted. But if you check out this post  Tom Faranda’s Folly: the election and financial markets you’ll see that it did keep with history in that the House and Senate both changed party hands. In fact last night, watching the boob tube around 11pm, Harry … Read more

How I voted

Voted in mid-afternoon. I have no party loyalty, having always been a registered independent. However I do have loyalty to my principles. For the first time in at least eight years, I voted for a major party candidate for an office other then President. I voted for John Spencer for Senator. Of course he’s got … Read more

Politics as usual

This about the new Democratic Party Super-Star, Barak Obama: "Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois today urged hundreds of blacks not to vote along racial lines next week in Maryland’s Senate race. Obama, the only black U.S. senator, came to the state to rally support for Democratic Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin, who is white. Cardin’s Republican … Read more

Global Warming update #3

The U.K. Telegraph has an excellent article on global warming. It’s fairly long with some technical terms, but well worth reading if you’re interested in the subject. I had never heard of the author, but he was a policy advisor to Margaet Thatcher. Here’s a brief bio: Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley – … Read more