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This is my question of the day - every once in a while I'll be writing or working on an art project and get into a groove where I write something that is suddenly good. And immediately after...

Why, Obama? Why? »

Why, Obama? Why? The Obama Administration and the IWC (International Whaling Commission) announced on April 22, 2010 the publication of a proposal in which they recommended allowing members of the IWC who are...

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Here are a few questions which Google searchers recently sent my website's way, thinking the answer lied within. Sadly, I couldn't help them. who is mj slim hooey? a man walks into a bar and...

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My Experiences with Universal Health Care Four months after I graduated from college, I moved to Greece and had my first experiences with a universal health care system. Before that, I had been a dependent on my parents' health insurance,...

Lawn Ornament Unveiling »

Lawn Ornament Unveiling Report After traveling through Argentina and Brazil, half heartedly searching for a suitable lawn ornament to adorn our new yard, I returned to Portland, took one look at that bare mulch in front of our...

Spring Garden Plan 2010 »

So far this year, I am growing: spinach 3 kinds of lettuce 2 kinds of peas beans cauliflower walla walla onions green...

Spring 2010 News »

I am back from a month in Buenos Aires with a visit to Mendoza, a couple of weeks in Brazil w/ some rad girlfriends, a sudden trip to Italy with Mary. And here come the cherry blossoms! ...