top of the slope

The tops of the Front Range are hidden in the snow clouds. The rain has started out as snow — perfectly disappointing. Or I could say that the snow has started out like rain. Either way, this is the perfect definition day of the start of hibernation. Whether I mean hibernation for bears or for Continue reading top of the slope

Peace

Something everyone wants, but is different for different people. Is it just the lack of external strife? Then surely the societies attempted by Hitler, Tito, Pol Pot and others would qualify. All conformity — everybody gets the same. (Except of course for those animals who are more equal than other animals!) We are not, by Continue reading Peace

As long as we're talking, we're … talking

Rick Moran, with a wonderful essay on the failings of negotiation in the past 100 years, with contemporary implications. Go read this while I get ready for another day of Dinosaur Jigsaw down at the museum… Right Wing Nut House » “AS LONG AS WE’RE TALKING, WE’RE NOT SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER” And yet, even Continue reading As long as we're talking, we're … talking