Vladka Peltel’s latest post, “Sukkot, Ushpizin, and the duty to protect,” has already raised a small controversy over at The Zelman Partisans. Oh, and to my Jewish friends now celebrating Sukkot: Chag Sameach! Judiasm seems to have some awfully grim holidays, but Sukkot seems like one of the fun ones.
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Or is it hermitude? I don’t know. But in any case, I haven’t forgotten my intention to commence a period of deeper hermitness.
The world has been too much with me, late and soon. That whole JPFO business was hard and bitter. The aftermath’s been no picnic, either. Even though you and some renewed work for the Backwoods Home print ‘zine have risen to help me through the money part of that, the emotional part is just … whammo.
But I’m not here to talk about that. I’m here to forge a plan. You can probably help. You always do.
32 CommentsOwey! And take care of yourself, Borepatch. Those motorcycles aren’t for the faint-hearted. (I’d leave a comment over at Borepatch’s site, but far as I can see, you have to use an “official” ID with Google or some other outfit. Not doing that and can’t see why an increasing number of sites demand it.)
6 CommentsOver at The Zelman Partisans, I reflect on the puzzle of Alan Gottlieb’s persistent attachment to universal background checks (first raised by Herschel Smith).
2 CommentsGoing underground and keeping silent for 43 years after committing an illegal act of principle. This is a story of the “left.” But also the story of a bold & fascinating person and a creative life.
7 CommentsFurrydoc asked in comments the other day, “Where’s the CDC?” (in fighting Ebola in the U.S.) Rhetorical question, of course. She knows quite well where the CDC is: giving bland assurances to the media about being just right up there on top of Ebola while primarily occupying itself with profitable and political mission creep. These days it’s focused on “epidemics” such as obesity and “gun violence.”
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Ron Fournier, at the National Journal says the scariest thing about Ebola isn’t the disease but our growing lack of trust in government and other institutions.
66 CommentsGads, it was 80 degrees yesterday. Eighty in October in the Great NorthWET. There are entire summers when we don’t see 80. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it this warm this late in this corner of the world.
Not due to global warming. But oh man, what an amazing season it’s been!
Supposed to be “only” in the 70s for the rest of this week. Oh, poor us.
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With construction catastrophes keeping the house in chaos, I’ve been trying to de-clutter to help deal with the fact that every time I organize stuff in one area, it immediately has to be moved back out because … oh, the roof falls in or somesuch.
So I’m whipping myself into a crusade to de-stuff.
12 CommentsEven with Ebola having turned up in the U.S., I’m with those who resolutely say don’t panic. Okay, so some guy who knew he’d been exposed to Ebola decided to get on a plane to the U.S. and he probably won’t be the last. That’s bad, though unsurprising. (If you thought you might come down with a deadly disease, where would you rather be?) We’re supposed to feel better because Liberia plans to prosecute him??? Okaaaay. And hospital personnel who knew he’d been in Liberia sent him away to expose more people. Because of “poor communication” or “a computer glitch”…
24 Comments15 ways to live deliberately. (ADDED: point 7 sucks!) Your nose knows when death is near. It’s Hong Kong, not the U.S. of A., but it’s a typical example of Authoritah makes bad situations worse. How to worry less. The real problem with millennials. It may be that they’re just recognizing reality. 🙂 The rudest space cloud in the known universe. 🙂
12 CommentsThoreau famously went to Walden Pond to “live deliberately.” We know what that meant to him. What would living deliberately mean to you?
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