I am in here.
They call it Yafo now, but I prefer “Jaffa.” It sounds way more Crusader-ly. This is pertinent because I am certain that many hundreds of crusaders strolled along the section of beachfront that I strolled along this afternoon. Jaffa is a port of great antiquity — Jonah the prophet began a most grotesquely ill-starred sea … Continue reading Me at the beach at Jaffa
I need to reprint this, with its link… Friends whom I deeply love are supporters of Cindy. And I need to prove I’m not just blowing smoke, as they say… Cindy Sheehan: Hurricane Rita was ‘Just a Little Wind and Rain’: Anti-war protest mom Cindy Sheehan turned green with envy on Saturday as the cable … Continue reading A post about Cindy Sheehan… (Blogger gets her ducks in a row, etc.)
Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One’s Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments: In 1995, McArthur Wheeler walked into two Pittsburgh banks and robbed them in broad daylight, with no visible attempt at disguise. He was arrested later that night, less than an hour after videotapes of him taken from surveillance cameras … Continue reading Words of One Syllable Dept.
Here is a movie of Peter actually getting his diploma. It’s 8.5 Mb, which I didn’t know my camera could hold, but there you go. (Was taken with my digital still camera, not a movie camera.) More as soon as I can get all the red-eye fixed…
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