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I don’t usually remember dreams, but I half woke up before the alarm this morning. I was half in the dream and half awake. In the dream I was playing with a dog like in this picture. I’ve never owned a brown lab, but that’s the dog in my dream. I remember being about the size of the dog in the dream and the dog wasn’t particularly big, so I[…] Keep reading →

The title says it all. Anyone who spends more than an hour a day on Instagram or Facebook is lying to themselves and others if they claim they don’t have time to cook. It’s the addiction speaking. Claims you’re spending time with family are lies too. I’ll be happy if you correct me if I’m wrong, but history, anthropology, and personal experience tell me that f your children are older[…] Keep reading →

I’ve been increasingly realizing and pointing out that I am not an environmentalist. I surprised myself to discover it. I had long felt misunderstood when people asked, “If you like nature so much, why don’t you go to the woods live in nature?” It had long been obvious to me that we needed to change culture, not escape it, and New York is an influential cultural center. Then I checked[…] Keep reading →

You’ve probably heard the advice not to compare things to the Holocaust or slavery. I have. It says that however bad you think your thing is, it’s not as bad and you just end up looking ignorant. [EDIT November 16: Immediately after posting this post, I started updating and editing the graphs, explanations, and more. The changes were too big to just update this post. I’ll keep it here for[…] Keep reading →

This week I finished: “Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound,” by Larissa MacFarquhar in the New Yorker: A few years ago I learned that most people, when they imagine something visual, actually visual something, as if they were seeing it. By contrast, when I imagine seeing something, I don’t see anything. I just imagine it. Apparently nobody knew of this distinction until recent decades and only[…] Keep reading →

My building has a little garden in front with a low wall people can sit on. Isn’t it nice to provide space for people to take a load off? I’m sure most of them don’t, but plenty leave their garbage in our little garden. Here are some pictures from a typical morning. The “Rite-a-way” box is rat poison I don’t like that the superintendent puts there, but with all the[…] Keep reading →

Following up July’s post on The social cost of gratuitous plunder and destruction of life, liberty, and property, here are more examples of people flouting the US Constitution’s claim to protect citizens from being deprived of life, liberty, and property. Pollution and depletion aren’t victimless crimes. They hurt everyone. Let’s start with the venue I did the last post American Bar, again blasting the outdoors with air conditioning nobody benefits[…] Keep reading →

Most people who call themselves environmentalists are on the political left. I talk to a lot of them. I also talk to people on the right and in other directions. I learn from all of them. I decided to compile them for reference. Some blog posts (I’m sure I missed a few): Podcast episodes:

I’ve run in six marathons and watched several others, but never before volunteered until Sunday. Wow! It was almost unfair the access. I was right in the middle of Columbus Circle where the runners make their final turn back into Central Park before the several hundred yards to the finish Check out the videos below to see the top finishers. The runners may go past too fast to see in[…] Keep reading →