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Sunday, November 27, 2005 |
Into the woods this morning in Portola Valley with Linda, Cassie and trusty Leica Digilux II set to capture black and white: the Leica's image sensor renders black and white beautifully, IMHO - many images look like paintings. It reminds me of images shot on Plus-X (ASA 125) through a light yellow filter back in the days of analog... |
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Saturday, November 26, 2005 |
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Woo hoo: kept up with Linda on the 6.3 mile Dish run this a.m., and was no-more-than-usually the worse for the wear. Hopefully this means jogging is back on the daily routine... Comments 8:19:13 PM 
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Thursday, November 24, 2005 |
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Today's turkey, BTW, was the best I've managed since Linda turned the turkey cooking over to me. I used a Cook's Illustrated recipe which recommends using a flavorful bird (ours was a Diestel petite turkey - 9 lbs.) and then brining it (overnight in the fridge in water salted at the rate of 1/2 cup salt per gallon of water). Roasting at 400 degrees consisted of 45 minutes breast down, followed by 45 minutes breast up, followed by a 30 minute rest before carving. The meat was moist, almost juicy. The cornbread and sausage stuffing was on the dry side (I think I missed something in the recipe) and I overcooked the green beans, but the yam soup (my 'gourmet' touch) and Silver Palate mashed potatoes came out well... Comments 5:58:43 PM
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Giving thanks: among the many things I have to be thankful for, there's a new, small one. I was able to jog this morning. Short run, 3 miles (Linda split off and did the tough Stanford Dish hills) but I made it and the ribs don't hurt. Today is the 2-week anniversary of the Minneapolis crash and a few weeks ahead of my doctor's prediction... Comments 5:50:07 PM
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Wednesday, November 23, 2005 |
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Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! It's been a full year for us, with many joys and a few sorrows. Our best wishes to all, and may grace find us all this holiday season... Comments 8:13:39 PM
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Taxing an Unfriendly Church: The New York Times weighs in on the IRS' attempts to silence a peace church in Pasadena. Religion and politics do not mix... Comments 8:09:19 PM
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Rome to ban gays as priests: very sad development, IMHO. As much as 40% of the current Catholic priesthood is thought to be gay. I, an Episcopalian, have known wonderful gay and lesbian and straight ministers, and the former have not been forced to hide or live what must be an awful lie. Sexual preference has nothing to do with a calling to serve, in my experience.
If we see gay and lesbian ministers walking in Christ's path, how can we not include these brothers and sisters in our communion? White Christians once excluded people of color from their churches, and I don't think many now would espouse that view as being 'Christian.' How do Christians justify excluding some people based on qualities apparently present at birth? Does the sermon on the mount only apply to some of God's children? Which are those? Which gospel contains the list of 'approved' Christians?
I'm not alone in seeing this as reflecting human failings - simple, sad and ever present bigotry, I fear - and not Christ's teaching: 'The president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., wrote in his diocesan newspaper in October: "There are many wonderful and excellent priests in the church who have a gay orientation, are chaste and celibate, and are very effective ministers of the Gospel. Witch hunts and gay bashing have no place in the Church."Quotes are from the NYT article. There is a meanness afoot in the world, and current leadership - secular and religious - seems to be doing little to confront it... Comments 7:44:09 AM
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Sunday, November 20, 2005 |
Coyote sighting: hiking up Woodside's Windy Hill this glorious Northern California morning, we spotted this scene. A coyote crossed the path in front of a pair of hikers, and didn't seem to be hurried, or worried by the foot traffic.
While I was in Minnesota, Linda and Cassie bumped into a coyote shortly after dawn at nearby Arastradero park, which coyote just sat and watched as they walked by. Linda and I have the sense that suburban coyotes aren't particularly worried about humans. Locally, coyotes are thought to account for a lot of missing small pets... |
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Friday, November 18, 2005 |
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"The Bush Administration must understand that each American has a right to question our policies in Iraq and should not be demonized for disagreeing with them. Suggesting that to challenge or criticize policy is undermining and hurting our troops is not democracy nor what this country has stood for, for over 200 years ...
"Vietnam was a national tragedy partly because members of Congress failed their country, remained silent and lacked the courage to challenge the administrations in power until it was too late. Some of us who went through that nightmare have an obligation to the 58,000 Americans who died in Vietnam to not let that happen again. To question your government is not unpatriotic -- to not question your government is unpatriotic. America owes its men and women in uniform a policy worthy of their sacrifices." Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, speaking to the Foreign Relations Council this week... |
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005 |
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On the topic of minor disasters in Minneapolis: Garrison Keillor has a piece on Salon titled 'Men, turn off your Cuisinarts' in which he opines:
Back in those days I shopped at a spice store that carried 24 different kinds of oregano and I assembled an awesome collection of German knives. I got into arguments with other men over the comparative virginity of our respective olive oils. I sneered at a man's salad once because his shaved parmigiano wasn't the right parmigiano and I happened to have some of that parmigiano on me and I showed him how to shave it thin and translucent as parmigiano should be shaved and he shoved me away and we rolled around on the kitchen floor, punching and kicking and gouging each other. Now we're best friends. Once I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. He told me that my dressing needed more vinegar. He was wrong about that. Dead wrong.
Garrison goes on to recommend turkey loaf, instant mashed potatoes and a can of Reddi-wip for Thanksgiving. Ummm. Some of us in California, Garrison, despite your other virtues, are not with you on this one... |
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Bad news about the ribs is that it will take 6 weeks to heal according to my doctor. The good news is that you can do anything that doesn't hurt. I can walk, and do 5 of the 8 exercises that make up my gym workout. So maybe I won't gain 10 lbs... Comments 9:26:13 AM
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