Planet, dwarf planet, and Kuniper belt object. These are just a few of the labels attached to that icy sphere at the end our solar system named Pluto. I must admit my favorite, a name Pluto held before its discovery in 1930, is Planet X. The name Planet X gives Pluto the proper sense of the unknown. [...]
June 14, 2010
Weird Washington
Of the many things you can say about the great State of Washington, one of the best is the fact that it is downright weird. While some may think being called weird is a put down, something to be avoided or hidden away, it is really a great compliment. The opposite of weird, boring old [...]
May 17, 2010
Mad-Town
The Things They Carried, the Big Read book in May, is a novel that brings back memories. While I wasn’t around to participate in the events of the Vietnam War era directly, the legacy of the war and especially the protests against it had a large impact on the city where I spent many [...]
April 22, 2010
Tokyo Year Zero and Occupied City
Certain books just get inside your head. The language somehow finds your resonant frequency and refuses to leave. There is no choice. You have to finish the book as quickly as possible. The experience can be exhilarating and exciting but also disturbing and disorienting at times. If you find yourself staying up too late or [...]
February 24, 2010
Red in Tooth and Claw
It’s out there. Just beyond the dim light of the fire. It waits for the darkness and then roars into camp to carry off yet another member of your party. It’s huge, indescribable and seemingly unstoppable. What is it? Why is it? More importantly, how do you survive? This ancient story and all the primal feelings it [...]
November 4, 2009
Weed of Deceit
Certain events make you question some of the basic things you take for granted in life. While it might not seem so at first, ivy removal is one of them. In my innocence I thought that when you uprooted a plant it was gone. Not so the Class C noxious weed English ivy which seems [...]
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