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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

2024/25 California Rainy Season, to Date

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A quick summary of the California rainy season, to date. Northern California is very wet (rainfall is 144% of normal for the season for Sac...
Monday, December 16, 2024

Major Lunar Standstill Sunday Night Moonrise

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[Sunday night, December 15th] The full moon is nearly overhead - about 28 degrees north - and about as far north as it ever gets, in this ye...

I Always Figured Life in California Would Be Like This

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But somehow never was.   @sandiecameron ♬ 365 - Charli xcx

Grammarian, Under Pressure

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@elle.cordova Grammarian vs Errorist, a supervillain showdown ♬ original sound - Elle Cordova

All The Leaves Fall Down, Go Boom

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Go Greeks!

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Monty Python Video.

Everything Gets So Jammed at Year's End

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Via Dave.
Monday, December 09, 2024

Ok, Was That Worm Sign, or Are The Tectonic Plates Doing Their Thing?

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A 5.7 quake from out in Yerington, NV. It was interesting how I heard the quake before I felt it. A tick-tick-tick sound as the house was qu...

Starting to Release the Inmates in Syria's Saydnaya Prison

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This is extraordinary - starting to release the more than 100K political prisoners in Syria's Saydnaya Prison. #Syria : those are the f...
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Sunday, December 08, 2024

Green Valley VerteFée Cabaret - Let's Get Elfed Up - December 6, 2024

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It was a good time, at First Christian Church, 3901 Folsom Blvd., just a short distance where I once lived (1992-1995). It was great seeing ...

I Didn't Feel That Earthquake on December 5th

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I was driving to my new job, so didn't feel it.  I bet my dog Jasper felt it, though.  The wood frame of my house amplifies vibrations, ...

Emily Wilson on "The Iliad"

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Speaking of the classics, here is Emily Wilson, our translator of "The Iliad."  

"The Return"

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Since I'm in Gabe's classics book club, I suppose it's mandatory to see this! The return of Odysseus to Ithaca. Now showing at...

"Wicked": The Movie

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 It's good - go and see it!

Substitute Teaching Assistant

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I haven't had a regular job for more than eight years. Still, there's no denying that some kind of regular, part-time job could hel...
Wednesday, December 04, 2024

Cult of the Five Turkeys

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The Five Turkeys of the neighborhood found Jasper intriguing and started following him. His faithful little avian cult.

Simulation of the Formation of the Moon

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Blue America Props Up Red America In So Many Ways

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Time to kick out the props.
Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Balloon Crashes Into Radio Tower

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I missed this news from Albuquerque last month. These towers are pretty tall and dramatic parts of the skyline.  
Monday, November 25, 2024

Donna Summer - "Sunset People"

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Memories from the halcyon days of 1979.  

RIP, Fred Harris

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John notes that former Oklahoma Senator Fred Harris passed away. I didn't realize he had been living in Corrales since 1976. The neighb...

Worst Walk Ever

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Jasper and I were walking along 21st Street on a rainy evening, approaching the intersection with Broadway, right next to Creole Soul Restau...

Just Look at Those Pervs

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Precipitation Map of Recent Rains

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Here is a map of rainfall over the past week (Nov. 17-23). Rainfall was very uneven, concentrated on high elevations in the Coast Range, an...

They Have Their Master; So Do You

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Jasper and I were walking along 21st Street and saw that the door to the Aikido Studio was open. Jasper stopped, looked in, and tried to gr...

Mika and Joe - Complete Capitulation to Trump

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Paging Through The Binders

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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

A Temperature Bump

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That's kinda cool. Here in Sacramento we are in the "warm sector," in advance of the approaching cold front. Despite the usu...

Jasper Reaches Safeway!

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Today is a landmark day. As part of his ongoing effort to explore the Newton Booth neighborhood, Jasper walked all the way to Safeway. I tho...

The British Look Forward to Working with Donald Trump

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Hilarious video at the link.
Monday, November 18, 2024

Beautiful Lunar Display

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We are in the year of maximum lunar standstill, the culmination of the 18.5 cycle, whereby the Moon swings to the maximum northern and south...

Favorite Top 10 Pop Song List For 2024

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I was thinking it's about time for 2024 end-of-year lists, and I wanted to do a favorite Top 10 pop song list for the year. I ran into ...
Friday, November 15, 2024

We’ve Been Here Before

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@nowthisimpact ‘Bueller? Bueller?’ — This iconic scene with Ben Stein might be 37 years old but feels like essential viewing as we all ar...

ISS Alert!

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Jasper and I stumbled out into the wet Sacramento streets for the early-evening walk. Jasper turned unexpectedly on a nearby street. We ap...

Never Underestimate the Power of a Duck

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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Matt Gaetz Tapped for Pervert-General

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Matt Gaetz for Attorney General! Hard to imagine! It’s like the Jefferey Epstein Child Sex Memorial Act of 2024! Child sex for everyone!  I ...

A New Tropical Depression

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There is a developing tropical depression forming in the Caribbean, likely to be called Sara when it reaches tropical storm strength. Modeli...

Family Guy in Middle America

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@yaoboix Family guy trump 2024 #familyguy #bestmoments #funny #random #trump #2024 #maga ♬ original sound - Family Guy Best Moment...
Sunday, November 10, 2024

"The Room"

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Even though I saw "The Disaster Artist" in 2017, a comedy about the making of Tommy Wiseau's 2003 "The Room," I had ...

Could We See a Revival of the Klan?

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The recent texts to Blacks and Hispanics telling them to report for cotton-picking duty caught my attention. It struck me as an update to ...