Murderous Monday
October 28, 2013Surprise, surprise on Monday morning — crystal-clear skies with twinkling stars, a rare sight for us here on California’s north coast the last few weeks. Until right now, fog and more fog. And a welcome…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
Zero-Beer-Thirty — Fire or Sense
October 26, 2013As the entire planet goes to shit in a wire basket, this is a giggle — Thursday afternoon in Georgia, a quick-erupting fire forced eight people, including two children, to scramble for safety, but one of…
Snoop Dogs
October 25, 2013Here we are in one word — Friday! Chilly and overcast up here on California’s north coast as we gleefully trot off into the weekend. Despite a lot of other shit happening, the NSA soap…
Heat and History
October 24, 2013Some more bad noises today on the melting Arctic: “And it is really in the past 20 years that the warming signal from that region has been just stunning,” he added. “All of Baffin Island is…
Happy Meal — NRA Style
October 24, 2013High overcast this early Thursday on California’s north coast — we’re now so close to the weekend it’s not funny. And what’s not funny is guns and kids, what’s up with that? This week has…
One Ringy-Dingy
October 23, 2013Leaks continue of the NSA’s nefarious proclivities worldwide, this latest today carries some technological irony: Obama and Merkel spoke over the phone after the chancellor reportedly received information that U.S. intelligence may have been monitoring her…
‘Accelerating Hypocrisy Collapse’
October 23, 2013Foggy and chilly again this early Wednesday morning on California’s north coast and the weather sure feels like winter’s already here — the wet cold clings to the body-frame all day long. In this type…
Myth of the Great Equalizer
October 22, 2013Another school-shooting horror yesterday in Sparks, Nevada, and once again no one can figure it out. Via the Seattle Times: “Everybody wants to know why — that’s the big question,” Sparks Deputy Police Chief Tom…
Catching Up With Reality
October 22, 2013Foggy and chilly again this early Tuesday on California’s north coast as we move swiftly through another work week — just think, Friday is now a day closer. And President Obama has a work week…
Ocean Dump
October 21, 2013(Illustration: Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa‘ found here). Our little blue planet is mostly covered in water, and mostly salt water — 72 percent of the planet’s surface is salt water found in oceans…