“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.” ~ William E. Vaughan “Your present circumstances don&rs&hell…Read More
I turned on CNN this morning and found a lengthy discussion about Nikki Haley not mentioning slavery as a cause of the Civil War. Haley’s comments at a New Hampshire town hall meeting… Read More
Yesterday England’s Daily Mail published an exclusive survey of 1000 likely voters asking them what one word would describe what they think Donald Trump and Joe Biden each want from a… Read More
The story of Finney, the faithful little pup who stayed with her deceased master for 72 days, made it into The Guardian this morning. That’s worldwide circulation, folks. Finney deserv… Read More
This particular photo is from the desert Southwest and is available on Erik Stensland’s stock photo site. Also available are photos from Croatia, the United Kingdom, Slovenia, Iceland… Read More
This is a crude little diagram that I made back in 2013. And nothing has changed. I still feel the same way. There are a lot of different reasons for … Continue reading It’s sti… Read More
Ten days ago I referred readers to an insightful column by New York Times opinion columnist Thomas L. Friedman. Yesterday his column, “Israel Is About To Make a Terrible Mistake,&rdquo&hell…Read More
There’s little I can say about the recent attacks in Israel that hasn’t already been said. Hamas attacked Israel suddenly, brutally, barbarically. And I imagine Israel will retal… Read More
Some of you are commenting but not waiting a few seconds to see that your comment appears. And for some of you, it hasn’t. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been … Continu… Read More
WordPress has informed me that “Send in the Clowns,” posted three days ago, was post number 4,000 on Pied Type. (I really need to get a life!) Read More
I have long thought and said that teal is my favorite color. It’s beautiful, dark and comforting, rich, tranquil like the earth and woods. If it goes too far toward … Continue r… Read More
Well, a day trip to the mountains yesterday must have cleared my head or something. (It always does.) Nobody doesn’t like autumn in the Rockies. And the best part, of … Continue… Read More
I’ve been struggling behind the scenes to get the Pied Type comment interface set to something easy and recognizable for all of you, so you may have seen some changes … Continue… Read More
Just thought I’d put this out there, FWIW. This afternoon I was trying to set up a new wifi extender. I reached a point in the instructions that said to … Continue reading Bewar… Read More
In case you missed it, starting today the government is again offering free COVID-19 tests (four per household). Worth having on hand as the season ramps up. covidtests.gov Read More
Hi. In the last few days, several readers have left, or tried to leave, some friendly comments that did not get posted. I apologize for that, but please let me … Continue reading If y… Read More
This year, up in Boulder at the University of Colorado, there’s a new head coach. “Coach Prime.” Ugh, gag. It’s “Neon” Deion “Primetime” Sande… Read More
Today is the last day of summer. Tomorrow is the first day of fall. Normally I’d be celebrating because fall has always been my favorite season. Fall has always brought … Contin… Read More
Lost: One US Marine F-35B Lightning II fighter jet. Last seen wandering on autopilot near Charleston, South Carolina. Steel gray in color. Loves high altitude but will approach runways and … Read More
Unprecedented flooding along Colorado’s Front Range Thu, Sep 12, 2013 Flooding in Colorado. I don’t know how detailed the national news has been because I’ve been watching… Read More
Every once in a while Estes Park photographer Erik Stensland presents a new photo to which my reaction is “Wow!” An image that grabs me, that stands out notably from … Con… Read More
This post was originally published Thu, Sep 11, 2008, under a different title. Broken links have been fixed and missing images replaced. It has been expanded slightly for this reprint. &hell&hell…Read More
Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced yesterday to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy. Even though he wasn’t present at the US Capitol on January 6, he &hellip&hell…Read More
I’ve mentioned it before: the increasing and distressing misuse of the word verse when the word should be versus. Versus is often abbreviated vs. or v. and is used when … Contin… Read More
I grabbed this screenshot tonight from the Indian Peaks webcam in Nederland. It looked familiar, and sure enough, back before I lost track of the camera, I posted a different … Contin… Read More
Monday there was a shooting on the University of North Carolina campus. Associate professor Zijie Yan was killed. The shooter, a graduate student at UNC, was arrested and charged with f… Read More
Currently making the rounds in media and political circles, discussions about Donald Trump the disqualification clause of the US Constitution: Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3: “… Read More
Several years ago I lost track of what may be my all-time favorite webcam for long scenic views. I don’t know if the owner changed URLs or what, but I … Continue reading The bes… Read More
I’ve not written anything about the Republican debate last week because I managed to miss the live telecast and almost fell asleep watching the video the next day. A few … Conti… Read More
Sure, it appears Russian revolt leader Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane was brought down by an internal explosion. And we all laugh at Putin’s expression of concern and sympathy about P… Read More