Iraqi Boots
October 4, 2014Maybe an ominous turn of events in the anti-ISIS campaign in Iraq — the crazy horde might secure Abu Ghraib, just outside Baghdad, and could place their captured US 155 mm howitzers within range of…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
‘Hot’ Location
October 4, 2014Clear, bright sunshine this early Saturday on California’s north coast — a few-days spread of some warm weather, maybe in the mid-80s this weekend, though, ocean breezes keep our temperatures mellow near the shoreline. Yet…
No Country for Old People
October 3, 2014The Global AgeWatch Index, a study on the influence of old folks, reported the worse country in the whole world to grow old in is Afghanistan — a horrible tribute to a lost, terrified country,…
Quaker
October 3, 2014Another decent-size earthquake in the vicinity just a little while ago — a 4.2 on the Richter, about 126 miles from me, northwest in the Pacific Ocean, due west of the Oregon/California border. I hadn’t felt…
Job Racket
October 3, 2014Clear, clean and a bit chilly this early Friday on California’s north coast — and really bright, too. We’re forecast for warmth, but here near-directly on the shoreline, those ocean breezes keep the high degrees…
Dream Middle!
October 2, 2014Part-n-parcel on the road to the Great American Dream (via the Washington Post): But then there are deeper factors at work. The economy has gotten bigger, but much of that growth hasn’t reached the middle…
Gonzo and the SS
October 2, 2014Near-crystal clear this early Thursday on California’s north coast, bright sunshine tempered by a chilled breeze — scheduled for the mid-70s today, maybe even 80 tomorrow. Odd, a frost advisory just a few miles inland.…
Age of Old
October 1, 2014Another sunshine-splashed afternoon, flavored with a fairly-chilled breeze — otherwise, near picture perfect. Old people. I’m now into my second month of retirement, and sort of weird as shit, peculiar only in passing. Yet at…
Walrus and the ‘Elementary Penguin’
October 1, 2014Sunshine and warm — maybe the forecast guys were right and the north coast of California could experience a gorgeous-weather day — a Wednesday and the first of a new month. And temperatures could be…
Oily Repugnance
September 30, 2014Intense sunshine this afternoon and a pleasant, comfortable wind — gorgeous! One more for the Left Coast: California is the first to ban plastic bags at the state level. Gov. Moonbeam Brown signed the law…