Oh, what a strange trip it’s been…
So, here I am, many, many months later finally returning to my blog/journal. A few problems getting back on, new software updates, and still the same old slider issue. So, here it goes again. Thanks for your patience! – Robin, editor Tweet
Eli Pariser talking about “Filter Bubbles”
(From his “Ted Talk”) – As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there’s a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a “filter bubble” and don’t get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview. Eli Pariser argues powerfully that this will ultimately […]
Memories, cue the music!
Vivid memories. Everyone has them. Good memories and bad memories. They are with you always. Sometimes all it takes to have them be real again is a smell or a glimpse of something innocuous. I don’t know about you, but music brings images and memories flooding back to me. A certain song is heard and […]
Fluid Dynamics
First of all, college was a pain. Boring classes and way too many keggers. Somehow I managed to get through it, not once but twice. Math or anything that required math was as bad as the sound of fingernails scraping on a blackboard. It was years later before I realized how important the things I […]
Martin Gamba, victim of a coup d’état
Chilean Naval Vessel “Esmeralda” reported to have been a floating torture chamber for political prisoners from 1973 to 1980. In 1970, Martin Gamba was a managing cook. He worked for the government of Chile as a mid level employee. He had a good life with his wife, two sons and a daughter. He went to […]
Our RV History
Renee and I both used to have RV’s in the past before we met and have very pleasant memories associated with them. Myself, a 16′ Kenskill trailer and Renee a 31′ 1975 Airstream. Renee lived in her’s in Florida and I traveled in the California Wine Country. Renee moved in with someone and ended up […]
A Perfect Moment in Time
A perfect moment in time. A perfect gift in an imperfect world. The summer of 2000 was one of the more hectic times of my life. I had just traded the safety and security of living on Whidbey Island for the busier lifestyle of Seattle. By mid-July I needed a break. The past few years […]
A Look At Homelessness
When people think of homeless, certain stereotypes quickly come to mind. The dirty bums sleeping in downtown doorways at night, the beggars in parks that smell of alcohol, the leftovers of society. That used to be true. Those definitions need to be changed and updated. A homeless person could be the worker in the next […]
Ferret books are so wrong!
We have four ferrets and they do things on a regular basis that challenge every book we have ever read on ferret care. For instance, the other day we left our house for a bit, came home and watched TV. What we did not know was that one of our ferrets, Sammi, had sneaked out […]
A good start
I am going through my stories archived on my computer and wanted to start with a few of mine. One, “A Perfect Moment In Time” is a short tell of when I ran away with the carnival for my vacation. BTW, it was one of my best vacations ever despite the hard work. While hard to […]
