Category: miscellaneous

  • Missing

    We started watching Murder Mountain on Netflix last night. Only a few episodes in, so not sure I’d recommend it yet, but so far so good. One of the central themes is the large number of missing persons from this one county in California, which also happens to the the same county that supposedly produces…

  • My questions for Story Corp One Small Step

    I saw an ad for Story Corps One Small Step program a few months back and filled out an application. ?I’ve always enjoyed Story Corps, but the OSS program struck me as important with its focus on building bridges across divides and proving that people with different beliefs can engage in civil dialog and perhaps…

  • Over the rainbow

  • Mason getting ready for his last debate at camp

  • Back to the trail – part 2: White Mountain Adventure

    This is podcast 2 in a two part series (part 1 here)on our 2018 section hike of the Appalachian Trail through the White Mountains in New Hampshire. ?Kendall and I recount our various adventures and sum up with what we are taking away from this most recent walk in the woods (more mountains than woods…),…

  • Back to the trail – part 1: White Mountain Adventure

    A little late in getting this posted, but we hit the Appalachian Trail again this summer. ?It was Kendall and I, plus Mason this time as well as 4 friends from church. ?This trip all got started last summer when I was talking about our trip to Shenandoah and Greg, a guy I go to…

  • Working in a crypto mine

    I’ve been a crypto currency enthusiast for a few years. This past Christmas, I decided to do more than dabble with investment and take a try at mining. Mining the premier crypto coin directly, bitcoin, is out of the question for the hobby miner without investing in ASICS which mostly (completely?) come from Chinese manufacturers…

  • Camus on finding respite in the thick of battle

    Sometimes synchronicity works in your favor and sends you just the idea you need right when you need it. One may long, as I do, for a gentler flame, a respite, a pause for musing. But perhaps there is no other peace for the artist than what he finds in the heat of combat. ?Every…

  • Has it been long enough to forget?

    I hope not. That?s different. This western-front business couldn?t be done again, not for a long time. The young men think they could do it but they couldn?t. They could fight the first Marne again but not this. This took religion and years of plenty and tremendous sureties and the exact relation that existed between…