Posted in Uncategorized on August 31, 2006 | 9 Comments »
Talking last night about single-sex schools inspired a google. Here, I found this:
“You are doing girls no favors” by putting them in all-girls schools, said Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation.
The foundation is joined by the National Organization for Women and the National Council of Women’s Organizations in opposing any changes to federal [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 30, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Sigh. The more I dug into the camper shell, the worse it looked. So I now have a couple of windows that might go into the trailer I want to build. Tomorrow, I’ll be taking a cute piece of junk down to the dump. (No, I really don’t think anyone on craigslist or freecycle will [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 27, 2006 | 5 Comments »
From Day Camping Information:
Not A Through Road!:Very often you will see this sign on a road, and you will turn back. We have found some of the greatest places after a “Not A Through Road” sign is passed. Often a lovely creek will be at the end of these dead end roads. Sometimes not. However, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 26, 2006 | 10 Comments »
This does it for me. (I generally despise mystery links, when a writer tries to be clever and doesn’t tell you what you’ll find if you click. But this time, I’m with Chris McLaren: All I’ll say is Don’t fear; it’s Safe For Work.)
Posted in Uncategorized on August 26, 2006 | 9 Comments »
BBC NEWS | Business | ‘Product sabotage’ helps consumers
I spotted this on Digg, where the focus was on Starbucks’ stealth cappuccino, but this is what struck me:
In the hi-tech world it is common to produce a high-specification product, sold at a premium price, and then sell the same product more cheaply with some of the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 24, 2006 | 18 Comments »
For years, Emma and I have been saying we should have some sort of camper, but all the options seemed too expensive for us. The day before my birthday, I decided to buy a trailer and build something. Went to Harbor Freight and bought their 4×8″ folding trailer for $239.99, plus tax. Then Emma [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 22, 2006 | 15 Comments »
Thanks for the kind wishes, everyone!
Posted in seeker, tagged median way on August 21, 2006 | 9 Comments »
TomPaine.com - Politicians’ Middle-Class Delusions:
…a longtime state employee named Paola Roy told Lieberman she felt the middle class has been forgotten by the federal government. Lieberman responded that he shared her concerns, and for good reason: “I came out of the middle class,” he said, “and, being a senator, I haven’t gone much beyond the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 21, 2006 | 5 Comments »
Well, I’m done with the first draft of my version of Genesis/Bereshit at A Seeker’s Bible. Today’s posts are rougher than usual. I just wanted to get through it so I can muse on what it might become.
Odd things I don’t remember noticing:
Joseph uses the famine to enslave everyone in Egypt for Pharaoh, except the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 20, 2006 | 6 Comments »
From Colombia’s Coca Survives U.S. Plan to Uproot It - New York Times:
The latest chapter in America’s long war on drugs — a six-year, $4.7 billion effort to slash Colombia’s coca crop — has left the price, quality and availability of cocaine on American streets virtually unchanged.
My favorite line:
They argue that the plan has scored [...]
