Entering The Unknown

Entering The Unknown

Will Friday Be The End Of The World? On Friday, January 20th, 2017 the seemingly impossible will happen.  The most powerful country in the world will place at its head a man with no political skills; a thin-skinned and vindictive personality; a foul mouth; a...
Democracy 0 Electoral College 1

Democracy 0 Electoral College 1

US Democracy Takes Another Hit Now don’t get me wrong.  This is not because Hillary lost, as I did not vote for her or Trump.  But, like you I suspect, the result has left me feeling a level of angst.  However, it was not Hillary who was the big loser here, it...
Hopkinton MA Circa 1974

Hopkinton MA Circa 1974

This is a conversion of a Super 8 movie taken around Hopkinton, MA in the early ’70s.  Probably 1974.  The route is approximately Thayer Heights, Chestnut St, Route 85 north, Hayden Rowe St, Main St going west, Main Street going east to Weston Nurseries. There...
The US Electoral College

The US Electoral College

An interesting video on the Electoral College was brought to my attention.  It makes many unsupported claims but does give an alternate view. The claim that “pure democracies implode” is unsubstantiated. Canada, UK, Western Europe, Scandinavia, Australia...
Does My Vote Count?

Does My Vote Count?

My Vote Might Not! As we come down to the final few days of the contentious 2016 US Presidential Election I have some thoughts about my vote and the voting process here in the USA, and particularly how democratic the latter really is. Here’s the problem.  Take...
Goodbye Old Friend

Goodbye Old Friend

Yesterday Tank died.  But that’s not my focus today.  Remembering the 12 years of friendship and love he unconditionally gave to his family are.  His gentle and easy-going personality endeared him to all he came in contact with. He did have one major failing...