Month: June 2010

NYC Meetup Photos

These were taken by AndiF and JimF. Please contribute any you took. The meeting place: Sweet Revenge Click image for larger version Back of Cabin Girl, Finn, Sweet Revenge owner (AndiF/JimF’s niece), JimF, Booman, Boran2,...

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Thoughts on Sports

When it comes to sports, I definitely love baseball the best, but I can’t watch games that don’t involve the Yankees without getting bored unless they are playoff games. Of course, I not infrequently will pull over...

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Learning to Listen to Farmers

Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. At the Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension at Cape Coast University in Southern Ghana, learning takes place not only in classrooms, but also...

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Getting Stuff Done

Gotta like this move: WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama moved on Monday to free up more wireless communications spectrum to cope with the explosion in the use of mobile devices. Obama signed a presidential memorandum that...

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RIP Robert Byrd

After fifty-one years in the Senate and six years in the House, Robert Byrd, our longest serving member of Congress, has died. Because of his longevity, Sen. Byrd embodied the changes and evolution of the Democratic Party....

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