Category Archives: Life

Life

Post “Fake” Holiday Rant

Accor­ding to the Washing­ton Post, New Bill Would Raise Rates, Says Insu­rance Group).…
“After months of colla­bo­ra­tion on Pre­si­dent Obama’s attempt to overhaul the nation’s health-care sys­tem, the insu­rance industry plans to strike out against the effort on Mon­day with a report war­ning that the typi­cal family pre­mium in 2019 could cost $4,000 more than pro­jec­ted.”
Well

National Parks

I was 12 years old, retur­ning to this country per­ma­nently, after years of an exile for­ced upon me due to my fathers career. I was bles­sed with new friends, when much to my dis­grunt­led heart, I was for­ce­fully taken on a 8 day hike in Gla­cier Natio­nal Park.
My father, a bor­der­line insane con­ser­va­tio­nist, gave me no

Losing, Girls, Links, Irony

I’m preoc­cu­pied this wee­kend. What follows is a piece from Harper’s, Readings/Articles, tag­ged Mani­festo, tit­led Losing is For Losers. A subsc­rip­tion only piece. They are full of good stuff this month, subsc­ribe to get the meat.
Losing is for Losers
From a March email by Michael Kinahan, coach of a soc­cer team for girls aged seven and

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-a, Wipeout.

I’m wrung out, hollow, yet so full of school, work, and future research pro­jects that I’m ready to explode. Or is it implode? Could be either I sup­pose. The results, com­pa­red, would be simi­lar.
I read the hurri­cane reports, a well mea­ning friend sent them to me via email late this past eve­ning. A well mea­ning