Waiting for class

We’re working on our third project.  Pretty sure these three are going to make the cut. Probably need further tweaking though.       Photos: Carissa Snedeker, 2011. All rights reserved.

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Nevada Day Parade and The Silence

I’ve participated as a Democrat in a number of parades in heavily Republican towns, so I am not unfamiliar with less-than friendly receptions.  The response to the Reno Coalition of Reason’s entry into the 2011 Nevada Day Parade was, shall we say, interesting. Contrary to what some of our members thought would happen, we were [...]

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Parade Day

The Reno Coalition of Reason will be marching in the Nevada Day Parade today. We shall see if we get a good reception, a bad one, or just a few puzzled looks.  We’ll all be behind a banner that is designed after our billboards that went up earlier this week, and I made some buttons [...]

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And while we’re at it, let’s defend secularism at home too

From my inbox: For Immediate Release, 27 October 2011 76 secularists and human rights campaigners, including Mina Ahadi, Nawal El Sadaawi, Marieme Helie Lucas, Hameeda Hussein, Ayesha Imam, Maryam Jamil, Maryam Namazie, Taslima Nasrin, Farida Shaheed, Fatou Sow, and Stasa Zajovic have signed on to a Manifesto for a Free and Secular Middle East and [...]

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We made sandwiches

Twenty years ago I was the general manager at Carrows in Foster City. Twenty years ago, from October 19 – 23,  the Oakland Hills were ablaze. Standing by helplessly has never been my strong suit, so we did what we could.  The firefighters needed food, and people from all over were helping out. We made sandwiches. [...]

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Reno Coalition of Reason launches in Northern Nevada

I’ve been a bit busy lately. Family, work, my photography class, and being involved with the good people that have brought us this: The one above has just gone up on I-80 W (west of Robb Drive) and the one below on 395 N (south of Mt Rose junction). We’ll be marching in the Nevada [...]

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Parenting without a net

Notes from a Dragon Mom . . . And there’s this: parents who, particularly in this country, are expected to be superhuman, to raise children who outpace all their peers, don’t want to see what we see. The long truth about their children, about themselves: that none of it is forever. I would walk through [...]

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Shameless

Shameless, but not surprising.  I have come to expect this from both legacy parties. Vast Left reports: Act Blue is selling Occupy Wall Street / “We are the 99%” lawn signs, with net proceeds going to elect-Democrats PAC, Democracy for America. Over my dead body.  And I can make my own sign, thank you very [...]

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Posted without comment

Joseph Stiglitz (Vanity Fair, May 2011) The more divided a society becomes in terms of wealth, the more reluctant the wealthy become to spend money on common needs. The rich don’t need to rely on government for parks or education or medical care or personal security—they can buy all these things for themselves. In the process, [...]

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The Mission, Part 2

A few days ago I wrote: . . . there is no cosmic lesson we are required to learn. To that I’d like to add, What a relief! It is enough to just deal with the here-and-now. I cannot tell you how relieved I am that we don’t have the added obligation of trying to glean “meaning” [...]

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