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A Message from Mars
I just woke up to another amazing Oregon morning. It’s rather early, actually approaching 5am, and the horizon to the east is tinged a pinkish-orange color. The air is calm and warm, and the coming day is expected to be rather hot. As I lay in bed, my mind cast back to a book titled…
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Sweep Your Driveway?
As I type, three very charming young girls (‘tween 7 and 9 years old I would guess) are sweeping our driveway. They extorted the outrageous sum of 25 cents each out of me. Can you believe it? No, their parents aren’t supervising to make sure they’re okay. One can only assume that they decided to…
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Wisdom in Algorithms, Part I – Be Careful What You Wish For
I’m not sure whether or not to be surprised when computer programming and philosophy collide. The two disciplines seem so incompatible, yet are both based on an ability to look at the world and discern truisms in the way things behave. It is always fascinating to me when I discover some fundamental truism in life…
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Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That
I hate it when this happens. I’ve been working on a blog entry about the whole gay rights/same-sex marriage issue for a while now. Then I discover that someone on CraigsList pretty much sums everything up in a nice tidy response to some gay-basher’s post. It provides a nice shot-from-hip response that resonates well. But…
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Canyon Coda, Part Deux
Okay, enough of the schmaltzy talk about Canyon spirituality. Here’s why the Canyon river trips really rock! How would you like to have this this view from your bathroom. And, yes, those boxes in the lower left are in fact the toilet. Just be glad there isn’t more detail.