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Yearly Archives: 2026
Dark Matter and Epicycles
Tue, 10 Mar 2026, 09:22 AM (-06:00)
I could talk to Carl about theoretical things. He would patiently listen as I went on about monoids and their relationship to simple iteration problems, standing with a smile on his face, nodding supportively as I waved my hands and got all excited at the whiteboard that was (conventiently?) hidden from the rest of the […]
Bäume
Sun, 8 Mar 2026, 11:02 AM (-06:00)
The Apple blossoms on the two trees against the back fence have come and gone. The magenta of the Redbuds in bloom will soon fade, as their foliage is beginning to emerge. The Texas Mountain Laurels are loaded with purple blossoms hanging like grape clusters from the bending branches. The Texas Persimmons have also decided […]
Literal and Figurative Pain
Mon, 16 Feb 2026, 02:25 PM (-06:00)
First period is almost over. First period, that wonderful class with but a dozen plus students in it. Oh that wonderful time of day. One of the students is standing with her back against the wall. She had been preparing to stand by the door to wait for the bell. But as she stood, she […]
Fourteen Days a Rain
Sat, 7 Feb 2026, 02:48 PM (-06:00)
It sounded like wind at first — wind blowing thru the trees. But overhead the leaves and pine needles were not rustling. The sound grew louder. Across the lake, the shore disappeared in a shrouded mist. And a wall of white blew across the water. Rain drops began to fall thru the canopy, making splash […]
We Will Arrest You
Sun, 25 Jan 2026, 09:00 PM (-06:00)
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner a couple weeks ago, We will arrest you. We will put handcuffs on you. We will close those cuffs. We will put you in a cell […] We will do everything in our power to convict you and we will make sure you serve your entire sentence because Donald Trump […]
A Definition
Sun, 25 Jan 2026, 10:11 AM (-06:00)
David Guttenfelder/The New York Times From Britannica: terrorism: the calculated use of violence to create a general climate of fear in a population and thereby to bring about a particular political objective
Words of MLK
Mon, 19 Jan 2026, 03:45 PM (-06:00)
If you don’t have anything nice to say, perhaps you shouldn’t say anything. Nevertheless… The arc of the moral universe might bend toward justice, but that arc is evidently quite long [MLK speech, Unitarian origins]. I once lived in times in which its bending was manifest, but times have changed. Today plain spaces are made […]