War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Razor cuts the throat all the time — and all that jazz. Those highly-intelligent ‘sequester’ budget cuts are also striking the musical heart — up here on California’s north coast the US Air Force Band won’t be doing tooting its horns this year at the fabled Redwoods Coast Jazz Festival due to f*cked-up funding. Not only…
Clear and cold this Friday morning, but not as cold as it should be — this winter so far has been easy and mild up here along California’s north coast. Weather is like a successful restaurant — all depends on location, location, location. And just a short space away could be disaster. The upper US East Coast…
Cold and a bit overcast this Thursday morning on California’ north coast and so far for us on the Pacific beach this current system has spared the worse. Out east (hah!), a huge storm has hit the fabled US capital with a surge: The storm was dubbed a “snowquester,” a play off the wonky “sequester” term used…
(Illustration found here). Raining pretty good this Tuesday morning on California’s north coast and it’s supposed to keep it up the next few days. Despite the inconvenience, it’s not so bad and we need the water, especially to the south of us. And we’re not so bad — my youngest daughter lives in Minneapolis and…
Outside this early Tuesday on California’s north coast, I can hear the wind picking up and a definite chill-factor rolling across the area — we’re suppose to catch a major winter storm today and tomorrow, but who’s to know. And weather 76 years ago apparently helped prepare the German dirigible, the Hindenburg, for a bad…
Another Monday morning, and just no way around it — overcast and a bit chilly on California’s north coast with some real-winter weather due here this evening and tomorrow. We’re forecast for hail and even snow, but who’s to say — not like the US mid-section (again): Chicago could be buried by up to 10 inches…
Interesting, though, I don’t know if it’s real or not — can’t read Cyrillic. Some photos of supposed-fragments off the famous meteorite that flamed across the Chelyabinsk region of Russia last month can be seen here (via The Reddit Edit this morning). And why that’s interesting, I don’t know either — just some coal-looking rock chunks. My…
Wet and foggy this Saturday morning on Caliornia’s north coast. The thick mist makes for a quiet, almost-surreal silence. As if the world outside is at a standstill. Well, it ain’t. A scant few hours ago, President Obama signed the sequester order, thus, opening up a can of toxic worms, and this morning: “These cuts…
Drizzling rain through a thick ground fog — this early Friday weather along California’s northern coast as we begin the weekend outlook with a throat slashing. Today starts the infamous sequester — run for the hills! Or run somewhere. Due to incompetence and nasty indifference, the US Congress along with President Obama are letting the…
