We have to keep social distancing and not interact with people outside our bubble if we want to keep COVID-19 cases down. The virus hasn’t gone away, if we let our guard down it will spread exponentially through the population, just like it did a few months ago. One hundred
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Mind of Dan: Social Distancing Strategy
If you get hit it’s your own fault!
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: A survey of music biographies
Over the past 15 years or so, my taste in reading has gravitated heavily toward biographies, and one significant sub-genre of them has been musicians. I’ve read a lot of good ones, so I’m going to share my observations with you. I’m putting Life, by Keith Richards, at the top
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Facebook Corrections Leave Questions
The problem with this Facebook censorship/correction of disinformation is that they’re really bad at censoring. My blog has been blocked for years, and they’ve never responded to my appeal to find out why. I can share links to my blog only if they’re in a tweet, not a direct abandonedstuff.com
Continue readingMind of Dan: I was featured in Hands on Photography!
Ant Pruitt featured some of my work in the Hands on Photography Podcast! Episode 10
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: Radio station XEPUR, Cherán, Michoacán
Radio is important in rural and less affluent areas of Mexico. A lot of people don’t have computers, smart phones (a lot of areas don’t have 4G coverage), or televisions. Mexico doesn’t have any equivalent of CBC or NPR; the closest thing to it are some university stations. Community radio
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: A guide to the Parícutin volcano
I first heard of the Parícutin volcano when I was in elementary school, somewhere around 1960. There was a story about it in one of the weekly news magazines handed out to students. The way the story went was, in 1943, this Mexican farmer went out into his corn field,
Continue readingMind of Dan: 50 Years ago…
via The Onion
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: A US battle against nature in the Galapagos Islands
An announcement came out on June 12, 2019 that an agreement had been made between the governments of the United States and Ecuador that would allow the US military to extend the runway of the airport on San Cristóbal Island, then use it as a base for AWACS surveillance planes,
Continue readingMind of Dan: The Green New Deal
David Appell on the Green New deal: I wish it was only about carbon without the social welfare proposals, such as (G) ensuring that the Green New Deal mobilization creates high-quality union jobs that pay prevailing wages…. (H) guaranteeing a job with a family-sustaining wage, adequate family and medical leave,
Continue readingMind of Dan: Strong Opinions, Loosely Held
This sums me up pretty well: I do receive feedback that I express strong opinions. Some people even make that sound like a negative thing. In my networking career, my core value proposition was to develop a strong opinion to suggest, explain and justify spending millions of company dollars. …
Continue readingMind of Dan: Leaving WordPress?
… Maybe I am looking for recommendations on a good WordPress replacement. I am not thrilled with the new post editor and this seems like a good opportunity to learn new web technologies. This WordPress blog is over a decade old so there is a fair amount of content that
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: Book Review: Tone, Twang, and Taste: A Guitar Memoir, by Pete Kennedy
I first heard the term “Americana music” about four years ago, and it’s convenient, because it includes a lot of music I like: folk rock, folk, bluegrass, outlaw country, and Grateful Dead. When I was first exposed to The Kennedys, I thought of them as a folk rock group, and
Continue readingScripturient: 2018 in review
As the year 2018 closes, it’s time for my customary review of what I wrote. It’s also time to thank every reader for participating, for reading my humble musings, for sharing my posts and sending me emails about them. I appreciate your presence and your comments. Twenty eighteen was another
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: PEN International observes Day of the Dead in San MIguel de Allende
I recorded and edited this. Includes Spanish subtitles/subtitulo en español.
Continue readingMind of Dan: Shy Crane
Sandhill Crane at the Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary
Continue readingMind of Dan: Preening Sandhill Crane
More of my old friend keeping up appearances. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary Inverted Preening
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