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Jurassic World
By now, you’ve all seen Jurassic World, right? Biggest box office opening world-wide in history, second biggest in the US. So I guess you’d have to have seen it. And maybe you’ve read some of the more or less mixed … Continue reading
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And How Are You Going to Pay For It?
During the course of not buying a new home, we went of course through the whole experience of figuring out how to pay for it. So, first question: do you have $35,000 to $50,000 lying around in the bank? Yes? … Continue reading
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So It Didn’t Happen
The new home, that is. Not that we didn’t find one, we did, in Oro Valley, a suburb of sorts of Tucson about 15 miles north. Very nice place, relatively new construction (2003) as opposed to our place (1971), big … Continue reading
What? It’s May Now?
This was supposed to be the year when I did more of this, not less … more of blogging that is, not less. It hasn’t happened that way. I’ve been occupied with Other Things, mostly personal. So while most of … Continue reading
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You Know Something’s Changed
You know something’s changed when the “I’ve falled down and can’t get up” ad is no longer funny. You know something’s changed when you’re happier with your hearing aids out than in. You know something’s changed when keep moving your furniture … Continue reading
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For 2015 – More or Less
More Petit Sirah, less Hearty Burgundy More lamb, less chicken More Peet’s, less Starbucks More Chinese, less Mexican (now, if there were only a good Chinese restaurant in Tucson) More Hegel, less Schopenauer More weight-driven clocks, less digital timepieces More … Continue reading
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Endings
So today 2014 ends. For all of us, at a time particular to us, subjectively, and potentially outside the realm of where a GPS may locate us. The end of the year is automatic, arbitrary, and absolute. Automatic in that it always … Continue reading
Starting Up
The German polymath, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, famously stated, “Aller Anfang is schwer”, literally “Every beginning is difficult”, which I would, with much more verbosity, translate as “Each new beginning is fraught with difficulties”. Why is starting up/doing new so … Continue reading
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Secure the Border Update
Late July Update As the Republican Campaign for Governor heats up, as suspected, the top two Republication candidates, Christine Jones and Doug Ducey, continue to try to outdo each other in their run to the right on border security. Jones … Continue reading
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So How Old Are You? Retro Technology and Music Quiz
Retro Technology and Music Quiz: 1. Which of the following have you seen? a. Edison wax cylinder recording b. Single-sided disc recording c. 78 RPM recording d. 45 RPM recording 2. Have you heard any of the above recording types … Continue reading
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Marginalia and Aphoristica 