And Fields Of Green

It is sometimes said that scientists are unromantic, that their passion to figure out robs the world of beauty and mystery.  But is it not stirring to understand how the world actually works — that white light is made of colors, that color is the way we perceive the wavelengths of light, that transparent air reflects light, that in so doing it discriminates among the waves, and that the sky is blue for the same reason that the sunset is red?  It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little bit about it.
—    Carl Sagan
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2018	One Of The Great Ones
2017	Mirror In The Oval Office
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2016	What’s Your Excuse?
2015	Some Meaningful Resemblance
2014	Bloom
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2013	Walking The Walk
2012	Legacy Of Star Trek (TOS)
2011	Tolerating The Intolerant
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2010	Giants Win Game 1 In Philly (4 to 3)!!

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Bring The Void

Love brings a voiding of our ego, which allows us to fill it anew.  Unless your loving attains to this void or self-emptiness, you have no chance for renewal.  This is what Christ meant when he said unless you die, you cannot be reborn or begin anew.
—     Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s
From:  “The Brothers Karamazov“
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2019	Steps To Impeach #45
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2018	Come November 6th
2017	Hearts And Memories
2016	Tremendous Energy
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2015	Tell Me…
2014	Live Forever (To Remember Me)
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2013	More Than Just Words
2012	Egotist, n.
2011	Good And Bad

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No Worries, Mate

It’s very strange.  Sometimes you lie in bed at night and you don’t have a single thing to worry about. . .  That always worries me.
—     Charlie Brown
(A cartoon / character created, drawn and written by:  Charles Schulz)
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2020	To Meet And Fulfill
	The Promise Of The Open Road
2019	10 Effects Covered
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2018	Three Things
2017	Love Yourself
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2016	Once Eccentric
2015	Trusted Desperation
2014	Orange October (V) – Giants Win Game 3
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2013	Deliver Us Something Larger
2012	Bore, n.
2011	Attaining High Office

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What Matters To Me

I continue to run because I like running.  I like to run even though I’m not, by their standards, any good at it.  What matters to me is that I like to run, not what they think about my running.
—     John “The Penguin” Bingham
From his book:  “No Need For Speed“
[LoL!!  Pretty much how I feel about learning to play guitar.    —    KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2020	Make Voting A Habit
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2019	2019 49ers Season Starts 5-0!!
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2018	VOTE – We Need A Wave
2017	Soothe, Inspire And Recharge
2016	Aren’t We?
2015	Cold Embrace
2014	Delightful
2013	Apprenticeship
2012	Curtain Rods
2011	A Living Force
2010	BART Rides – A Tipping Point

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Love Is All There Is

I Threw It All Away
Favorite Line(s):
So if you find someone that
Gives you all of her love
Take it to your heart,
Don’t let it stray
For one thing that’s certain
You will surely be a-hurtin’
If you throw it all away
If you throw it all away
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2019	Running History, But I Don’t Expect Many To Match It…
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2018	25 Days Until The November Election
	Old And Young
2017	Universal Soul Sounds
2016	Not Rivals
2015	Dead Sure
2014	Are You Educated?
2013	For Myself
2012	And When I’m Gone…
2011	Complete Conviction

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Better To Lie, Get Rich And Destroy Your Country

The truer something is, the more penalized you are for articulating it.
—     Tucker Carlson
Quoted by:  Charlotte Alter
In her article:  “The Most Powerful Conservative In America“
Appearing in:  Time Magazine;  dtd:  2-9 August 2021
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On This Day In:
2020	You Remind Me Of Someone
	When I Grow Up I Want To…
2019	Running History, But I Don’t Expect Many To Match It…
	It’s Probably Easier When You Live Alone
2018	25 Days Until The November Election
	Old And Young
2017	Universal Soul Sounds
2016	Not Rivals
2015	Dead Sure
2014	Are You Educated?
2013	For Myself
2012	And When I’m Gone…
2011	Complete Conviction

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Of Course The Term “Value” Is Undefined

The value of a telecommunication network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system.
—    Robert Metcalfe
(aka:  “Metcalfe’s Law“)
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On This Day In:
2020	I Hadn’t Thought Of That
	Keep Looking!
2019	Knocking On Impeachment’s Door
2018	Do You Remember?
2017	Choose Life
	My Response To President Trump’s Threat To NBC
2016	We, Us, All
2015	No Less
2014	Life Advice (50)
	Orange October (IV) – Giants Win Game 1 Of NLCS!
2013	Running To
2012	Suddenly
2011	Liberal Washington
2010	Giants Advance To NLCS!!

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Chaos Theory

I love it when a plan comes together.
—     Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith
(A character on the fictional TV series: “The ‘A’ Team“)
[For about ten years, I said this any time something went wrong (or – more rarely – right).  My wife’s response was usually:  “Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.”  My alternate was:  “That’s life in the urban jungle…”    —    KMAB]
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2019	Dodgers Choke AGAIN
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2018	Thinking About My Hil
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2017	Play Well With Others
2016	Surviving And Challenging
2015	On Destroying Historic / Archaeological Sites
2014	Magical Power
2013	How Awesome Would That Be
2012	Two Views
2011	Still Looking For Examples
2010	Giants Win Away 3 – 2!!

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Outside Yet?

He who is outside his door already has a hard part of his journey behind him.
—     Dutch proverb
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On This Day In:
2020	Choice
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2019	He Claims It’s Fake News And Spies
2018	Mine, Too
2017	Who’s Turn Is It Now?
2016	Before You Vote In November…
2015	Two Faithful Thoughts
2014	Love Light
	Orange October (III) – Giants Advance To National League Championship Series (NLCS)
2013	Nothing Ridiculous
2012	Keeping Faith
2011	Summon Us, Don’t Criticize Us
2010	Obama’s Wars – Book Review
	Game Two – Hearbreaking Loss

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A Long Way Down The Road

Space is big.  Really big!  You just won’t believe how vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big it is.  I mean you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist, but that’s just peanuts compared to space!
Don’t Panic.
—    Douglas Adams
From his book:  “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy“
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2019	Bigger Hearts
2018	Signaled Progress
2017	No Progress, But Still Unreasonable
2016	Notes Unsaid
2015	Still Seeking (Believe It Or Not)
2014	Guidelines For Bureaucrats
2013	Failing At Normalization
2012	Are You An Expert?
2011	Joy!

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The Real World Effect Of Fox News’ Lies

Wood that grows warped can never be straightened.
—    Greek Proverb
[I predict when the history of this period is better understood, the poisoning of American conservatism will be laid at the hands of Faux News (specifically:  Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes) and (former Speaker of the House) Newt Gingrich.  The years of constant lies (Gingrich) and the promotion of these lies (Murdoch and Ailes) are what have led this country to our current state of affairs where a majority of “red” states believe they should secede from the Union and a majority of “blue” states seem willing to let them.    —    KMAB]
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2019	Two Peace
2018	The Sensation Of Human Intimacy
2017	One Night In A Thousand Years
2016	A Considerable Amount Of Work
2015	Panzer Soldier
2014	Babies (I)
2013	Patriotic == Tell The Truth
2012	30 Days To Go
2011	Altering The Course

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Looking Up

This is why I much prefer autumn to spring, because in autumn you look at the sky.  In spring, the earth.
—     Søren Kierkegaard
[Found at one of the blogs I follow:  https://gabrieleromano.wordpress.com/
The specific post was:  https://gabrieleromano.wordpress.com/2021/10/02/october-has-arrived/
Please visit the original site if you have a spare moment…    —    KMAB]
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2018	Preference For Irrationality
2017	All At Once
2016	One Of My Vices
2015	The War Lord
2014	Orange October (II) – Giants Win NLDS Game 2 In 18 Innings (2 to 1)!!
	Acknowledging Doubt
2013	Fulfilled Acceptance
2012	Error Is Tolerated Here (So Far)
2011	In Defense Of Pain

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A Model Democrat

Whatever the future holds, I make you one promise:  I’ll keep at least 99% of my net worth in Berkshire for as long as I am around.  How long will that be?  My model is the loyal Democrat in Fort Wayne who asked to be buried in Chicago so that he could stay active in the party.  To that end, I’ve already selected a “power spot” at the office for my urn.
—    Warren Buffett
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On This Day In:
2020	The Main Thing: Vote!
	No Other Reason
2019	A Big “IF”
2018	Committed To Thinking
2017	More Pictures From My (Family) Retirement Party
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2016	Are You Waiting?
2015	The Future Myth
2014	Hands
2013	Because You Have Lived
2012	47%
2011	Conservative Values: Low And Lax
2010	A Non-Zero Sum Game
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2009	Pictures from UCLA trip…

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What You’ll Find

Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket, a thumb to suck, a skirt to hold.  What have we to offer in exchange?  Uncertainty!  Insecurity!
––     Isaac Asimov
Quoted by:   John Allen Paulos
From his book:  “Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences“
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On This Day In:
2020	Voting Has Consequences
	We Will Get There!
2019	Mutually Exclusive
2018	Basic Rights
2017	Thoughtful Attitudes
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2016	The Bell Tolls
2015	It Is What It Is
2014	What Have You Learned (Gently) Lately?
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2013	Ignore The Man Behind The Curtain
	For A Time
2012	What Are Your True Measurements
2011	What It Is All About
2010	The Magnificent Seven
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Give It Time

Mathematicians are a bit like the laconic Vermonter who, when asked if he’s lived in the state his whole life, replies, “Not yet.”
―     John Allen Paulos
From:  “Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don’t Add Up“
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2019	Somebody’s Watching You
2018	First From Within
2017	Or Vote Against You
2016	Cupid Must Say It Too
2015	Some Of This And A Pinch Of That
2014	Consensus Is Only One Side
2013	Not Ought
2012	If You Want To, If You Have Something To Offer
2011	I See Lots Of Fools
2010	Orange Inside!!
	And The Band Played On…
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