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They’re finally showing the oil gushing forth live. Seems that more’s coming out than what they’ve been saying.

CBS tried to get a look at oil coming ashore in Louisiana a couple days ago. They have video of a boatload of BP contractors turning them back.  The boat evidently included a couple Coast Guard officers.  It was “BP rules” the Coast Guard officers said, as they told the journalists to turn back under […]

We sat on the top of the hill looking down on the stage.  Overhead, stars twinkled in the sky.  Across the amphitheater, over the heads of the crowd sitting on blankets and folding chairs, a great Oak tree stood listening. The Eggmen had been playing since before the sun went down.  With each song, the […]

It’s that time of day—when the organizations call.   “Hello?” I say. There’s a delay on the other end as their auto-dialing software rings up some poor drone.  I sit silently, waiting for them to speak. “Hello?” says the drone, evidently puzzled by the silence. “Yes?” I say, stepping out of the darkness. “Oh hello. […]

Cleaning up some papers sitting atop my dresser this afternoon, I found a sheet that had the following three things on it. 1. In the center of the page was a statement of the eigenvalue problem: Lf = λ f, residue of a project that never got off the ground. 2. On the right side […]