Ron Paul Country: Mongolia in California
Posted on January 14, 2008 - Filed Under California, Culture | Leave a Comment
California is, for the most part, Mongolia. Erase the coasts and the canals that suck water from the north to feed Big Asparagus and whiten the teeth of Valley Girls, it would be as desolate as the steppes of Central Asia. Driving through the high desert between Bakersfield and Las Vegas I note two landmarks: [...]
Read More..>>Hi Tack Tourism: Strolling Around Fisherman’s Wharf
Posted on December 2, 2007 - Filed Under California, Costa Rica, Culture, Gadgets & Cameras | Leave a Comment
“Oriental Art” Store During a conference this weekend at San Francisco’s Fishermen’s Wharf, I took a stroll to get some fresh air and descended down the rabbit hole of tee shirt shops and tacky tourism. I have lived in or near San Francisco most of my life and never go to Fishermen’s Wharf…for [...]
Read More..>>Dancing With Extraterrestrials at Hat Creek
Posted on October 12, 2007 - Filed Under Audio, California, Tech & Science | Leave a Comment
Artist’s Illustration, Allen Telescope Array – Issac Gary There are events from your early childhood that stick with you. My earliest memory was when at age four my mother, in a rage, tossed out most of my toys, which I had cast randomly about the house, an act that immediately erased any Oedipal urges. The [...]
Not Just for the Birds: Oktoberfest Courting Rituals
Posted on September 24, 2007 - Filed Under Video, California, Culture | Leave a Comment
If you think the mating rituals of birds are weird, you should check out Tyrolean folk dancing. We stayed away from the real Oktoberfest this year, opting for a far more civilized celebration in Northern California. More on (and high-quality Flash Video) on The Connected Traveler.
Big Trees
Posted on September 19, 2007 - Filed Under Audio, Books, California, Tech & Science | Leave a Comment
Stout Grove Redwoods Stout Grove — Photo & Review: Russell Johnson On this Fourth of July I am looking out my window at something that transcends our brief, troubled time, a being whose living cousins were born before Jesus, who have survived the scores of scoundrels that have spread misery across the earth in the [...]
