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Thu Sep 20 02:27:28 EDT 2018

Drunk driving: society's response is to prohibit driving. Wouldn't it be better to prohibit drinkingProblem drinkers have far more problems from their drinking than just impaired driving ( Read more... )

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Sat Mar 24 00:11:38 EDT 2018


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Tue Jan 09 22:00:00 EST 2018

I've been working from home a lot the last couple of weeks. The weather's been really cold, e.g. highs below 20°F/-7°C. Cold and wet together gets really bad, and that was a possibility a couple of days. I was hoping I could catch gaps in the precipitation yesterday, but when I was leaving it had started sleeting. I ( Read more... )

Tue Oct 3 14:05:49 EDT 2017

Is this past weekend's mass shooting at a country-music festival in Las Vegas another indication that we need better mental-health care?

It's obviously another indication that we need changes to the availability of guns - 23 in the guy's hotel room, and another 19 in his home ( Read more... )

Tue Aug 29 11:16:00 EDT 2017

anniemal's picking a fight with the contractors working on the empty house next door. The house has been vacant for months, and I guess someone has bought it and is making changes before moving in (or the seller is trying to make it more attractive?). There was a dog in the back yard Saturday, nosing around but not barking. ( Read more... )

12 August 2017
Pennsic VLI - War-week Saturday
Saturday 06:47


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8 August 2017
Pennsic VLI - War-week Tuesday
Tuesday 06:56

Awake early again. One good thing about my schedule is that it hasn't conflicted with the potty cleaning; I'm done long before they come. Clean potties after they come are nice, but everything's wet for a while after they hose them down. And I've had to wait for a potty only once in the ( Read more... )