Category Archives: Life
5 Minutes
IT IS 5 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 2012: “The challenges to rid the world of nuclear weapons, harness nuclear power, and meet the nearly inexorable climate disruptions from global warming are complex and interconnected. In the face of such complex problems, … Continue reading
The Mbale
A sefer Torah and school supplies are delivered to the Jewish Mbale community at the village of Pitti in Uganda… A tip of the old skullcap to Lorne R.
How Many Wives?
Dialogue excerpt between US tank corpsman ‘Waco’ Hoyt (Bruce Bennett) and Sudanese Sgt. Maj. Tambul (Rex Ingram) in Columbia Pictures’ classic 1943 war flick, Sahara, featuring Humphrey Bogart as American tank commander Sgt. Joe Gunn. Directed by Zoltan Korda… • … Continue reading
Downtown Pyongyang
North Korea’s capital city of Pyongyang It’s like a semi-abstract still life… minus the life part. . Image by David Guttenfelder from The Independent: Lost world: Scenes from North Korea’s closed society Story to go with the pictures, by David … Continue reading
Syria: Travel Warning (full text)
Travel Warning U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular Affairs link to US State Dept. notice . (Bold text below, our emphasis.) Syria August 5, 2011 The U.S. Department of State urges U.S. citizens in Syria to depart immediately while … Continue reading
thoughts 5298, 5299 of the humbucker series
Sometimes, the opposite of practical is not impractical, but theoretical. Don’t bother arguing with a nihilist, they’re all no’ing.
nothing leaves no trace
effect is the existential memory of cause
Filed under 10 Words or Less, Life, Reason
Romancing the Sphere
Some may find this unique table helpful in understanding spheres. Beyond the purely mathematic, this fully symmetrical regime may also find application in physics, sociology and economics. Note: Employing the diametric mode for mental–or pencil–calculation can be much quicker than using … Continue reading
