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350.org – Worth Your Support

As I write this, my neighbors are running their gas-powered leaf blowers. (I confess to having not one but two such devices in my shed.) I am wondering how I will handled the leaves this year. There are literally thousands of leaves in the lawn. In the past, I’ve used the heavy artillery of the [...]

One Square Inch of Silence: A Review of Sorts

I started reading the book One Square Inch of Silence, by Gordon Hempton about a month and a half ago, finishing it last night. The book tracks his travels across the United States from Washington State to Washington, DC. The book is well written in largely a conversational tone and is for the most part [...]

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Last night at 8:09 PM Eastern, I tweeted: making applesauce from old apples, mentally transitioning into a week at the office This morning at 2:44 AM Eastern, Motts began following me on twitter.  I’m fairly certain that nobody at Motts is actually reading my tweets.  I’m also fairly certain that no person at Motts is [...]

Some bands stick with you, some don’t

Mrs. TKD and I went to see the U2 concert at FedEx field on Tuesday.  I’ve been meaning to wirte something about this all week, but its been a crazy week. I don’t think I’ll ever forget the first time I heard a song by U2.   It was 1985 and  MTV had a show [...]