War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Crystal-clear and really, really warm this Saturday afternoon on California’s north coast, and with a temperature right now of 74-degrees, this is the ultimate in summer — yet with summer still a couple of weeks away. So warm, I worked a couple of hours in my little back patio/yard area — cleared some weeks, dug-up…
“Fort Meade has 18 acres of mainframe computers underground. You’re talking to your wife on the phone and you use the word ‘bomb,’ ‘president,’ ‘Allah,’ any of a hundred keywords, the computer recognizes it, automatically records it, red-flags it for analysis. That was 20 years ago.” — Former CIA Agent Brill, ‘Enemy of the State‘…
High overcast again this early Thursday on California’s north coast and life continues impeded by all kinds of nefarious workings unseen for the most part — or heard. This morning, the InterWebs are chunked-full of miniscule details of the cellphone party-line established by our government to keep tabs on terror. Another legacy from George Jr.,…
(Illustration found here). In the midst of mid-week and the crisis of life is far from ending — beyond America’s past, pastime being full of shit, especially if our First Lady scolds a heckler, or White House workers using ‘secret’ e-mail accounts, and Chrysler refuses to recall some Jeeps just because there’s a possibility of people…
Clear skies this way-too-early Tuesday on California’s north coast and we’re forecast for another ‘hot’ day (65 degrees) in a slightly modified heat wave. Weather is wherever you are. I’m a ‘baby boomer’ — those people born between 1946 and 1964 in that frantic post-WWII sexing frenzy, and they’re making the news this morning. One…
No matter how you look at it, the weekend’s over and we’re at Monday again — and typically it’s overcast and warm up here on California’s north coast with another work week staring straight into my face. And we’re moving beyond the half-way point for 2013 with asshole Santa Claus a distant, terrible memory. Time…
Cloudy, drizzle and fog — another Sunday here on California’s north coast, though, the normal pedigree for this neck of the woods. Started out about the same yesterday, but near-noon sunshine came and everybody went home happy. Reportedly, we’re in for temperatures in the 70s tomorrow, and maybe after see-sawing during the week, temps climbing…
Up here on California’s north coast this Saturday morning, outside looks deep-overcast, gloomy and gothic — a book by its cover? What you see might not be what it is, yet, at the same time, be exactly what it looks like, only worse. Weather has become more than just background noise. Under the weather, we…
Mostly clear skies this early Friday morning on California’s north coast, and a bit chilly, too. Up here, even on clear, sunny days, the wind out of the north can cut like a knife — ruins the flavor of the moment. And speaking of ruining everything, the Tea Party has a vacancy at the top…
High overcast and way-quiet this early Thursday on California’s northern coast, with the silence so compelling, the noise from the Pacific only a mile or so away, can barely be heard above all the hush-hush. And finally even beyond doing anything, we are again on the gates of the weekend — time flies no matter.…
