Beckwourth Pass
After years of toil and trouble — not really, it was all a blast! — I finally completed a multi-year plan to ride my motorcycle over every one of the major Sierra Nevada passes that have paved roads. Those are, in the order in which I rode them: From north
Waves in an Impossible Sea
If you were to browse my library, you’d quickly notice there are a lot of sci fi and science books in it. That’s probably because understanding how the world works has always been a passion of mine1. I still remember the couple of pamphlets I picked up at some science
James
Regular readers of my blogs (and, indeed, of anywhere I hang out in the online world) know a recurring theme for me is how a nation founded on the principle that all people are created equal so strongly embraced slavery that it took a major war with hundreds of thousands
…and now it’s in the hands of the jury
His Rapist Fraudster Former Majesty’s criminal fate is now in the hands of a New York jury. Come, I will be honest with you1: I hope he gets convicted and ends up doing some time behind bars. I’ve followed the trial very closely and would have no problem finding him
Individualism Uber Alles
One of the many things I learned while doing podcasts with Seth Rosenblatt was that individualism, in order to realize its fullest potential, must be exercised (at least for humans!) within a high functioning community. That’s because isolated humans must spend so much time taking care of basic life needs,
Moose and the Lizard
This morning I heard Moose crying outside my office window, which usually means he wants to come inside. But when I opened the front door, he just sat there, underneath a small table we have outside, looking up at me. Cats being cats I figured he’d just changed his mind,
