Month: June 2004
The Use and Abuse of Scott Speicher
Posted on June 15, 2004 in Occupation of Iraq Reading
The campaign to free Scott Speicher strikes me as magical thinking in the spirit of the WMDs that repeated American searches have failed to find.
Chiquito Basin
Posted on June 13, 2004 in Hikes and Trails
We were lost. Or at least, for about five minutes, I dreaded that I had wandered off on the wrong trail.
Recent Hikes
Posted on June 13, 2004 in Hikes and Trails
Today we walked to Chiquito Basin, a descent through oak woodland, chaparral, and meadows steaming with yarrow and buckwheat.
Dubya meets Death
Posted on June 12, 2004 in Bots
Bots aren’t terribly intelligent in the first place, but imagine a bot based on a certain politician.
Growling
Posted on June 12, 2004 in Creatures Hikes and Trails Nature
A low growl burbled behind me.
Bot talk
Posted on June 12, 2004 in Bots
No comment about those human visitors who can’t spell “description”….
Insert a Trite Metaphor About a Corral
Posted on June 11, 2004 in Roundup
Ronald Reagan’s death and legacy topped the blog discussions this week.
Who are Buffy and Eneagram Anyway?
Posted on June 11, 2004 in Quizzes
I keep meaning to put up a quiz, but I can’t get the freaking images to work.
Notes on an Air Evac 6
Posted on June 11, 2004 in Hikes and Trails
If you want to see a cross-section of human suffering and human folly, go to an ER on Memorial Day weekend.
Aluminum Locusts
Posted on June 10, 2004 in Hikes and Trails
Trail bikers rushing down the Serrano Cow Trail don’t stop when the trail is too narrow to hold both them and a hiker.
