sagebrush salvation—
The real trick is to not get too picky.
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for the win—
<!– wp:paragraph –> <p>I have always preferred an elegant solution. A good fix in my book is transactional and balanced— it is win-win. In the winner take all world the win-win model doesn’t pay enough.&nbsp;</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> <!– wp:paragraph –> <p>Life in Silicon Valley has veered off the tracks and this digitally enhanced monster […]
Read More for the win—Arctic circle squared—
You drive from Vancouver north to Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal. You’ll jump across the Strait of Georgia to Vancouver Island then more north by van some hundreds of miles to Port Hardy where you will board another ferry for the 18-hour passage further north to Prince Rupert. By all accounts the Inside Passage transits some […]
Read More Arctic circle squared—The Moral Minority
—the nation has been shattered and the rich fucks might as well grab their billions in spoils before the low brow looters show up to grab their new TV’s.
Read More The Moral MinorityBaja Bash 2024
Starlink— satelitte connectivity will provide you with access to the latest and greatest weather information twenty-four-seven. That piece of equipment is worth its weight in Tecate, mescal and your finest bikini briefs.
Read More Baja Bash 2024I Think We’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat—
A calm last day of February here in California after a parade of storms battered the state. To the south from the Bay Area, I drove in the stormy aftermath to Santa Barbara earlier this month. Roads were open. In the Salinas Valley the fields were still flooded. I planned my stop to camp and […]
Read More I Think We’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat—Whitewashed Green Desert
Near one half of California’s Imperial Valley water is used to grow alfalfa. Much of this crop is used to support the regions dairy operations, what isn’t shipped to the regions milk producers is exported to foreign markets. Let’s get this said plain and simple. Alfalfa is a water intensive crop, perhaps the most water […]
Read More Whitewashed Green DesertWhat the World Needs Now—
I’ll never forget seeing West Side Story for the first time. Until that moment I had thought the American musical could never accommodate what Bernstein, Sondheim and Jerome Robbins would stage for audiences. West Side Story’s impact was like St Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band, 2001 A Space Odyssey—these are not insignificant moments, we don’t […]
Read More What the World Needs Now—climate change comedy
I want our existential crisis to be funny, I want humanity to win, and I want the story to have a glorious life extending ending. I hope that’s not asking too much—
Read More climate change comedySausage Along the Potomac
Principled people can disagree about a lot of things, casting a vote not to raise the debt ceiling is not one of them. I don’t like the deal, but I don’t like defaulting on the national debt worse. Bernie, Warren and AOC are not on the same principled page over the debt and think they’ve […]
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