Thought Experiment
My thought experiment is simpler. It doesn’t require understanding of quantum physics or the collapse of the quantum wavefunction. It requires only self-honesty and a moderate level of knowledge about our current politics.
Footnotes for Facebook
In high school I took an advanced writing class, which required me to write a research paper of at least 10 double-spaced typewritten pages on a subject of my choosing (provided the instructor approved it). My paper was about the impact of nuclear power plants on aquatic life. The instructor required every factual statement in the paper to have a footnote identifying its source. Not only was this requirement a […]
What if Trump Shot Someone on Fifth Avenue?
I went off on a friend (by now, probably an ex-friend) on Facebook about her unreasonable, unbreakable support for Trump. I had made the argument that Trump’s actions and inaction increased deaths from Covid-19. In particular, I argued (see if there’s a flaw here, I don’t think so): The more widespread the Covid-19 virus becomes, the more people will catch it. The more people that catch Covid-19, the more people […]
The Trump Convention’s Biggest Lie
Of all the falsehoods, half-truths, prevarications, distortions, misstatements, deceptions, … oh heck, let’s just call it what it is … of all the lies you’re going to hear during the Trump convention, this will be the biggest and most-repeated: that Trump took a poor Obama economy and turned it into a great Trump economy. Fact: On job creation, Obama beats Trump — Obama created 1.5 million more jobs in his […]
We Visited Amador County
Suzie was starting to go stir crazy from being in the house in Kensington so long, as was I to a lesser extent, so we decided to go on a 4-day getaway. We were wanting to go someplace new, someplace not too far of a drive away, someplace warmer (it had been coolish in Kensington for about a week). We settled on Amador County, and found a very nice, cozy, […]
How Can Trumpers Defend Sheer Incompetence?
I have a question for Trumpers: Setting aside all political differences, don’t you think we should have a federal government that is competent? Shouldn’t we have a federal government capable of good management? What if the coronavirus had hit during the Obama years, and this was the graph of how well the Obama Administration had done in fighting it — would you still think everything was hunky-dory, or would you be screaming your lungs out?
Desecrating the Flag for Trump
Title 4, Section 8 of the United States Code — federal law — is titled "Respect for the Flag." Trump and his supporters make a big deal out of respect for what Trump calls "our GREAT AMERICAN FLAG" (no need to yell, lay off the Caps Lock button for God’s sake). Surely Trump supporters — who excoriate athletes who kneel during the national anthem to protest racism — wouldn’t do […]
Loving Caring People
Laugh-my-ass-off quote from Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale today in Politico: Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale played down concerns of a confrontation [at Trump’s upcoming Tulsa rally]. “I’ve been here since day one, and I found all Trump supporters to be really caring, loving people that care about this country,” he told Fox News. As to protesters who might come to Tulsa, Parscale said: The protesters, he argued, “want that […]
Playing Tourist
Yesterday I had to vacate the house for three hours for cleaning, so I decided to drive to San Francisco to take pictures and play tourist. First stop, Treasure Island, which I thought would be a good place to take shots of the SF Skyline. For those who don’t know, Treasure Island is an artificial island built on the north side of Yerba Buena Island, which is located in the […]
I Made a Photo Page with Gridsome, GraphQL, and the Flickr API
N.B.: You may also view this page on the new blog site. My adventures in front-end web development continue. I’m a WebDev rookie, and am progressing in the absolute wrong way, starting at the top with Gridsome and Vue, before having a good grasp of any of the three sisters (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) they’re built on. But I’m more motivated when I can directly see the results of what I’m […]