Warning: Mining Equipment Pornography dedicated to my old friend and accomplice Dr. Helen Caldicott This picture is from Monday, p...

Last weekend I went to a nearby site and while I will write a few of my own observations, The Lonely Planet  managed to offer such a good d...

This is a new crest that I have designed for myself: Lightning bolt (upper left, outside): Benjamin Franklin, who was author of ...

When I was a boy of seven, my twin sister and I were packed off to summer camp, where I would wet the bed and be a source of ridicule for my...

Always intrigued by new cuisines and new ingredients, we stopped to buy some vegetables that I have not knowingly eaten prior to now. Outsid...

A suggestion for Google and others This is a silly and short blog post, but one of the things that irritates me most in this era of the ...

Photo credit: Deborah Zhang Yesterday morning I rousted Deborah and said we needed to be on the train by 8:30 AM. Our destination, no...