March 29, 2006. Shadow of the Moon On the day of the eclipse I was permitted to sleep late, so I did. When I made my leisurely way out of the buffet carrying my breakfast, I found Kathy on the terrace overlooking the sea, talking with a Belgian couple who had flown down for the […]

Inspired by the terrific meals I’ve been getting at Albuquerque’s Thai Tip restaurant, I’ve been trying to learn to cook Thai food. (I’d eat at Thai Tip every day, but it’s a 75-mile round trip.) Thai cuisine is nourishing, flavorful, healthy, and (if you stay away from the coconut milk) low in fat. It has […]

At Worldmapper, they create maps with the nations sized according to the item of interest. See the world’s nations sized for demographic trends, production and consumption of specific goods, immigration, and other categories. Check out this image for Royalty and License Fee Exports. As someone who makes a good part of his living exporting intellectual […]

Okay, so I had this weird dream last night. It started as a wintertime visit to relatives in Minnesota. The relatives featured in the dream are in actuality dead, but in the dream they were alive. There was some intermittent but not particularly perilous walking on a frozen lake, and looking through the ice at […]