I’m very relieved that the powers that be in Iran have done the math and decided that conflict was ill-advised. I’m very relieved that the Brits don’t have to enter into their own drawn out hostage situation with this rogue nation-state. I’m delighted that, this time, we’ve avoided broadening the Iraq war to be the […]
Consider that the US involvement in World War II started December 7, 1941 and ended August 9, 1945, a little less than 4 years in total. Yes, there was considerable time and effort spent in Japan and Germany postwar with occupation and reconstruction, but generally speaking, combat ceased in late summer 1945. Like the second […]
Like many other people, I’ve put on a bit of weight over the past 20 years. OK, more than a bit, alot of weight. When I moved to California in 1989 there was 1/3 less of me than there was on January 1st of this year. After going through machinations to find life insurance (and […]
This is a quick hit type entry with a few land related subjects. In the Grand Canyon, a glass and steel structure now allows visitors to walk over the edge of the canyon and look 4,000 feet (1,200 meters) straight down. It does seem a little misplaced in the wilderness, but what an opportunity to […]
Since October 2006, I’ve been cooking up a new company called Montara Energy Ventures (MeV.) With the move to our new server and software upgrades, I’m ready to introduce the company. We’ve setup a new area on this server specifically to host the new content and keep folks up-to-date with the latest information on renewable […]