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Thu, May 08 2008

New birds

A dear lady sent me a tip that the Rochester (New York) baby falcons are hatching just in time for Mother's Day. Go have a peek at their RFalconcam and enjoy the show.

posted at: 08:06 | category: /Science | link to this entry



Tue, May 06 2008

Now, that's a great moment in sports!

I recommending you to a link to a video of some wonderful young women doing the right thing in sports. I wish the media would spotlight these things much more often. This was one game where everybody won.

posted at: 08:21 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry



Mon, May 05 2008

Congratulations in order

Congratulations to the Santa Monica High School students whose team won the Energy Departments National Science Bowl. More than 300 students participated in the competition. I hope newspapers will put these kids on the front page and shove the gang stories to the back pages. Let's lift up the kids who choose to do great things for a change.

posted at: 20:18 | category: /Science | link to this entry



Fri, May 02 2008

Resting on the Sabbath

It's been a long, productive week. I always enjoy the Sabbath hours as they approach. It's as though I allow myself to take a wonderful gift and set aside a lot of the cares of the week. It isn't that those cares stay away for good, but it's still important to put them to the side and take time for some spiritual rumination and relaxation. Perspective can make all the difference in our lives and I find that perspective and insight that comes upon us in subtle ways is often as moving as those "Aha!" experiences that we have from time to time. And subtle perspective and insight often runs deeper and lasts a lot longer than a sudden lurch in our spiritual walk. Both kinds of experiences are important. But the weekly Sabbath time is like opening the door to invite that spiritual perspective and insight in like a trusted friend. I hope each of you who reads this finds that kind of deep relaxation from your own spiritual journey this week.

posted at: 21:12 | category: /Religious and Spiritual | link to this entry



Thu, May 01 2008

Curiosity taxes the tax computers

I wonder why so many folks in Italy wanted to nose into what other people were paying in taxes. Apparently, so many of them hopped online to snoop that they overloaded the computers.



posted at: 10:12 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry



Wed, Apr 30 2008

Of pigs and politicians

Now here's a headline you probably won't see twice in your lifetime:

Pink Floyd's flying 'Obama' pig found

And of course, it all happened it California.

posted at: 09:10 | category: /Arts and Entertainment | link to this entry



Tue, Apr 29 2008

Buena Vista and Watsonville news

In our ongoing saga with the Watsonville's 2030 development plan, a new chapter unfolded when Santa Cruz Superior Court Judge Paul Burdick stayed on the side of common sense and law this week with his ruling. I'm not saying that simply because he agrees with me. I'm saying it because Judge Burdick recognizes that the shortcut approach the city took in its continuing disregard for airport safety zones meant that the city has not fully done its homework on the Buena Vista area.

I hope the city planners will at least admit that they need to scale back their daydream for this semi-rural area with its small horse farms and rolling hills of greenery so that the area still has a unique quality that draws visitors and new residents who love the area for what it is. I've seen an example of the city's plan for dense housing in the area behind the Target store, which I believe is known as Seaview Ranch. The driveways are too short, the homes are tightly spaced with very little side clearance, the yards aren't big enough for kids to play in without having to spill over into the street with their games. If the city really wants to make Watsonville a great place to raise kids they'll think of these things in the future planning of any subdivisions. I'd like to think they've learned a valuable lesson and now I'm waiting for them to show me what they can really do now as they plan for the future of this beautiful coastal area.

posted at: 08:13 | category: /Politics | link to this entry



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