I've posted a new essay on my web site. This one is a continuation of a theme I've been developing on what should replace the 20th Century industrial/consumerist system that was the norm in advanced countries ( Read more... )

I've been watching the neighborhood birds for the past few years as I sit outside and I'm beginning to understand some of their behavior patterns and calls ( Read more... )

I bought a veggie at the local Korean market which was labeled "Korean Got". It is has long reddish leaves sort of like chard, but tastes like very strong mustard greens.

Now trying to search for Korean Got on Google produces an awful lot of hits about whether Korea has got the bomb, but no hits for vegetables.

Yet another failure of search engines ( Read more... )

We have a Korean-owned supermarket nearby and they have an excellent produce department ( Read more... )

I got three pieces of mail yesterday each of which contained a deceptive offer. At the risk of boring the reader with the details:

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I've been sprinkling my latest event-inspired essays on various web site (not my own).

I've now copied the latest half dozen to my blogger site:

http://robertdfeinman.blogspot.com/

Not the kind that get into the cupboard, although I'm not too fond of them either, but the ones that you need to use to operate a computer ( Read more... )

With the shortest day of the year rapidly approaching I decided to look up the sunrise and sunset times ( Read more... )

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The employment situation in the US is getting dire and even people like Paul Krugman are getting worried. To wit ( Read more... )