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When a local photographer sees a neat picture like this, the natural question arises: Where was it taken from?  And these days, one has to consider the possibility of a camera on a drone instead of a tall building and … Continue reading →

Never see the Space Needle between those downtown buildings? I suspect that it is possible only from the balconies in the -04 stack. Here’s a telephoto of it: Of course, you used to see a lot more of the Space … Continue reading →

Cold Spring Harbor Labs on Long Island is primarily about research, only secondarily about grad students.  Most of these people are post-docs, selected from a worldwide pool of applicants without nationality restrictions; getting in for a few years is quite … Continue reading →

On a drier day, I shot pictures of that improbably tall apartment building at 7th & Cherry whose crane has engendered so much dinner table conversation. Then there is the corner of Boren & James with two facing projects.  

“Those who are guided by kindness hardly even notice evil in another but pay attention instead to everything good and true in the person. When they do find anything bad or false they put a good interpretation on it.” – … Continue reading →

Below is a new map which delineates the hard to navigate Seattle Hills. We’re appropriately marked “red” on Cherry and Columbia but “green” on 8th and 9th at Skyline. This is an attempt to help us navigate the sometimes difficult … Continue reading →

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Coronado Sunset with Point Loma in the distance From Wikipedia: Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján (1510 – 22 September 1554) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition from Mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of … Continue reading →

“I don’t know where he got the idea that screaming ‘fake news’ over and over would get him out of doing his homework.”

The web site InvestigAge has an interesting list of articles for those of us in CCRC’s: What about social isolation in a Life Care facility? How disruptive it is to move from one care level to another? Does sexual activity … Continue reading →

In an election where the loser wins, some checking of ballots might be in order. An article by A. Alex Halderman, a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Michigan, makes a strong argument that audits of the electronic … Continue reading →

 Costly new longevity drugs could help the wealthy live 120 years or more – but will everyone else die young? From Aeon: “The disparity between top earners and everyone else is staggering in nations such as the United States, where … Continue reading →

From Diane S: A very self-important college freshman was attending a recent football game. He took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen sitting next to him why it was impossible for the older generation to understand his … Continue reading →