It’s that time again

It’s crunch time for the Northern Nevada Race for the Cure. I’ve been up most of the night with the database putting together lists and labels and rosters. Binders are assembled and soon I’ll be trekking down to Boomtown in preparation for Team Day tomorrow and the In Person Registration which starts on Thursday. I [...]

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It’s been a week

We met with a trauma counselor* through the Red Cross on Thursday. He helped us to know we aren’t crazy and that everything we’re feeling right now is normal. The guilt, no hunger, crying, flashbacks.  He encouraged us to talk about it with each other and with people we trust and to be gentle on ourselves. To follow [...]

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The demon of error

It amazes me that the same people who have absolutely no trust in government to regulate businesses, collect taxes, provide services, etc, have absolute faith that government always gets it right when it comes to applying the death penalty. I oppose the death penalty because getting it wrong means never, ever, being able to get a [...]

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Class War

What he said. But I’m still happy about Elizabeth Warren. She sounds like she always has. I’ll be watching closely though.

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Sharon Stewart: A smile for us, year after year

In addition to our regular gang of box seat security volunteers who return year after year, Sharon Stewart returned each year too, in her black jeans,  smiling and laughing and showing the newbies the ropes.  She had a quick smile and always a friendly word.   And she worked hard in the hot sun to make a few bucks [...]

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For Sweetie

Just close your eyes and listen, my love.

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Dreaming the future? Association and the Odds

In reference to my post below . . . In Chapter 7 of Richard Wiseman’s excellent book Paranormality: Why we see what isn’t there (2011), he discusses the how our minds work when it comes to interpreting our dreams and how we can fool ourselves into believing we actually saw the future.  It’s called “association.” A similar [...]

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What good did it do?

Oooh….Susie had a premonition. And gosh, gee, how dare we ”science fundies” doubt her. Since it is unlikely that anyone else will see my comment at her post, I have posted it below. I guess I’m what you would call one of those “science fundies” because I want to ask, if indeed your “premonition” was just that what [...]

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Reno Air Races, Love, and The Bargain (Updated)

Seconds. That’s all it took.  One moment we were watching the Unlimiteds coming around the third lap, then a massive, collective intake of breath and hollering from the crowd. Looking up we saw the P-51 coming straight at us. No time to think, we started to run toward the plane thinking it would crash behind us, but in [...]

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I’m at the races

The Reno Air Races… Sweetie and I are doing our yearly stint volunteering at box security.  I’ll be back in a few days, if not sooner.

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