Sons of Terror
For a while, it looked like assassin Scott Roeder might get away with murder. His defense lawyer Mark Rudy tried to get the charge reduced to manslaughter. Roeder’s victim, Dr. George Tiller, had been threatened and slandered for decades for providing late-term abortions to women at his clinic. Rudy continued along the same lines. Rudy [...]
Who Knows Where It’s Been? Me Vida Local II
Alternet has an investigation and review of the food selections at the dollar stores. You know, the off brands. Distributed foods and beverages hailing from unregulated countries abound in dollar stores. Royal Dansk Danish-style butter cookies for $1.29 are made in Indonesia and distributed by a company in Melville, New York. House Mill Honey Rings [...]
Wolf Moon
Did you see the moon last night? The biggest and brightest of 2010. The Farmer’s Almanac has a list of Native American full moon names, that is, for the Northeast. The arctic chill is here for the next few days. Some of our neighbors are struggling to keep warm and emergency shelters are open. February [...]
When Pawtucket Was Grand
Cool stuff you see driving around Greater Providence. This train station behind a pharmacy parking lot has granite lions holding chains and shields with a heraldic ‘P’. Public architecture isn’t what it was before the two world wars, for a lot of reasons. Will the old train station become another public space? I hope it [...]
Just Wave From a Distance
Am I the only one who reads the tabloids in the supermarket line? I haven’t read the scholarly, in-depth analysis yet, but I seen the cover. Octomom, wearing a bikini, posing with a come-hither look. I would think any guy would want to go-thither, real fast. Some women are just scary.
Snow Squall
I went to the Post Office, and saw one flake drift slowly down. On my way back I thought the wind had kicked up a load of dust. It was instant, like driving through a curtain. One side clear, the other side was solid snow. I’ve lived here all my life but never saw weather [...]
Benevolent Birthday Video
These are photos taken of David Jaffe’s 50th birthday celebration in which he gave away $50 to 50 people at a local food pantry in the Berkshires. Thank you, David! Your gesture was a wonderful way to express benevolence and give people hope for humanity.
My President
I went to a friend’s mother’s wake last night, didn’t see the State of the Union. A year ago I was joining up with people I found on the net, to watch President Obama’s speeches on TV, but my heart isn’t in it now. He’s potentially one of the best presidents we’ll have, he inherited [...]
A Little Bit’a Sugar
Due to the fact that last time I checked you don’t need to update your credentials to be a Certified HIV Counselor, I think the test I passed in the early 90′s at the Rhode Island Department of Health still covers me. I haven’t done HIV counseling in years, and I would absolutely get an [...]
Just Wondering
I’m really slammed with work, sadly unable to write much. Last night I was in the parking lot of East Side Market with NPR on the radio. They are all worked up over bioterrorism, and someone said that there’s an urgent priority to develop an anthrax vaccine. I remember the still-unsolved anthrax attacks after 9/11. [...]
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