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Take garlic, separate the cloves, peel them, put them each in tiny little individual plastic bags, put those in a larger plastic bag, ship them half way around the world, require refrigeration and then market them at price that's more than an order of magnitude higher than a dry head of garlic.

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I left my friend's place outside of Chico at about noon. My only commitment was to get to Mountain View by evening. I decided to ride the backroads of the Central Valley and see if I could avoid freeways ( Read more... )

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I didn't get to do the motorcycle trip that I wanted to do over the holiday weekend, but I did get a consolation prize. I'm finally moving forward with my left arm tattoo work. The outline of this pattern was done a year and a half ago. On Friday we added three new layers of color. There are two more layers to add (hopefully in October).

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She was alone in her cage, the last of her litter to be adopted. She had a cold and looked lonely and miserable in the animal shelter. We brought her home and fell in love. We had hoped that she and our other black cat would become friends, but he wasn't having it. He never made her feel welcome. We did, however, welcome her and her dynamic ( Read more... )

In a thread in another place on this vast Internet, there was discussion about people behaving badly in traffic. The discussion went on to motorcycles behaving badly. One poster said that he had no qualms about cutting off a motorcycle if, in his view, the motorcyclist was doing something wrong, rude or unlawful. He actually said that he would ( Read more... )

There is a problem in communication between bicyclists and cars. I've been a long time advocate of the rights of bicyclists in traffic. I've always thought that most problems are caused by inattentive drivers. Sometimes, though, the problem is with the bicyclists not doing what is expected in traffic. Today, I experienced the situation from the car ( Read more... )

It's interesting watching the fervor over the new wireless data plans offered by AT&T. The old plan was unlimited downstream data for some thirty dollars a month. Now they've eliminated the "unlimited" adjective and offer two tiers of capped service: 200MB and 2GB ( Read more... )