Spring 2013 has been rough. My good friend, Jake, died of a heart attack on April 3rd, 2013, in my backyard. Jake belongs to my good friend, Kathie. Jake loved being a dog and all the spoils of being a dog. He could be rough-and-rowdy, or gentle and compassionate,revelling in each moment. May 2nd brought…
The Old Testament is the Jewish collection of holy writings. The New Testament is the Christian collection of holy writings. The Qu’ran is the Islamic collection of holy writings. All three faiths stem from one person, Abraham, and are classed as “Abramic religions.” Abraham is the Father of the Jews; perhaps grandfather might be more…
The Cabinet of Curiosities, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Grand Central Publishing. 2002. Paperback. 626pgs. $6. I read as often as I can, as much as I can. In my younger years of the 1970s and 80s, in middle school and high school, I would push my dirty clothes against the bottom of my…
A Universe From Nothing. Lawrence M. Krauss. Simon and Schuster. Atria paperback. 202pgs. $15. Cosmology isn’t much different from geography. In fact, cosmologists are the universe’s geographers. Cosmologists study the traits, characteristics, and behaviors of our universe. To conduct such studies cosmologists must map the objects of our universe. Every galactic and intergalactic object has…
No Easy Day. Mark Davis, w/Kevin Maurer. Dutton Press. $25 Three traits about NED one might want to know about the book. First, most proceeds from the sale of the book are being donated to three organizations: allinallthetime.org, navysealfoundation.org, and tipofthespearfoundation.org. If nothing else is gained from the reading of NED, three worthy organizations have…
“Coyote Waits.” Tony Hillerman. Publisher: Harper Torch Fiction. 1990. Paperback. $8 In Navajo mythology the Milky Way was created by the trickster god, Coyote. Coyote also created the world and the Holy People. The Holy People were assigned the task of helping populate the universe with stars. The Holy People were too slow for Coyote’s…
The Beginning of Infinity, by David Deutsch. Published by Pengiun. 2011. Paperback. $18 A “Logic Bomb” is a computer program which sits idle within a larger computer program. When certain conditions are met, like x number of seconds pass, or days, or number of transactions, or a certain dollar amount is reached, whatever condition is…
“Rise to Globalism. American Foreign Policy Since 1938.” Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley. Penguin Books. 2011. $18. If you have no reading experience in American foreign policy you could read Brinkley’s recent edited edition and have a pretty good notion of foreign policy issues faced by the United States over the last 75…
Nemesis by Jo Nesbø. Harper Fiction. 2002. Translation 2008. Paperback. $8 “A man walks into an Oslo bank, puts a gun to a cashier’s head, and tells her to count to twenty-five. When he doesn’t get his money fast enough, he pulls the trigger. The young woman dies–and two million Norwegian kroner disappear without a…
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, by Paul Theroux. Mariner Press. 2008. Paperback. $16 My next door neighbors left for a two-week trip at the beginning of the summer. Their 40-ish daughter wanted to revisit the place of her birth. One can only imagine the thoughts crossing through one’s mind causing someone to want to…
Constant Geography 
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