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2011 and Other Cubs
Happy new year! I took the kids to the National Zoo today. We hoped to see the lion cubs, and all seven of them did indeed venture outside (although only three of them, plus the two mothers, are in...
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Tale of Two Springs
We took a trip up to Boston for a few days, returning on Easter Sunday. The picture is appropriate, not only seasonally, but because we had a party at the indoor playground with this mural outside...
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Differences Between Free and Five Cents
There’s a big difference between free of charge and any charge, no matter how small. That’s on observation often made about e-business. When it comes to the web, part of the difference arises from...
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NPR: It’s Not Just For Radio Any More
When I listen to the radio in the car here near DC, I’m usually tuned to WAMU on 88.5. That’s one of the local NPR stations. For readers outside the USA, NPR stands for National Public Radio. That may...
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Re-Dependence Day
The strong and sudden (but not unexpected) storm of Friday June 29 damaged trees, power lines, and hence electricity supply. A tree fell right across the road opposite our house in Bethesda, but a lane...
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The Trees Look Clean-Shaven, But I Don’t
The edge between the front yard and the road is buried under a long, fairly deep pile of leaves. This photo gives some idea of the pile, and a better idea of how much I enjoyed moving the leaves from...
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Frozen
Frozen is the word because: It describes this site, to which I made only two posts in 2013. It describes the DC area, which has been below freezing point for a while. I loved the movie of that name....
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Lightning Strikes Internet Twice
Last Wednesday evening, a big thunderstorm passed over Bethesda. I mean very big, and I mean right over. I mean that a deafening crash of thunder was accompanied by power going off for a second or so....
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Understanding Trump and Trumpism is: Something I find hard. The title of a series of six presentations by Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the US House of Representatives. A series of events hosted by...
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Some of what I heard on Trump and Trumpism from Newt Gingrich has subsequently become a lot more interesting. On January 17, I visited the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC for one of a series of...
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