Half a Sunday

 "Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish man." - Bertrand Russell

Quick update, late January 2024

 "The US policy toward the third world should be depopulation." - Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of State

After the cold, snow

"The poor tell us who we are, and the prophets tell us who we could be.  So we hide the poor and kill the prophets." - Philip Berrigan

Asteroids

 Pretty cool NASA interactive web page, showing all (known) asteroids orbiting the sun.

 Highly recommended if only for a brief visit!  https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/asteroids/#/home

Below:  Asteroid Ida, Imaged by the Galileo space probe in 1993, while on its way to Jupiter.

Life in the washing machine 'spin cycle'

 "It is the classic fallacy of our time that a moron run through a university and decorated with a Ph.D. will thereby cease to be a moron." - H. L. Mencken

Another nickel plating project

 "The things you need are few and easy to come by; but the things you imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied." - Epicurus

Goals for 2024

 "What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?" - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

1999 Subaru Legacy Window switch

 "The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell

A brief story by Kurt Vonnegut

 I was reminded of a brief sci-fi story when I encountered this article.

 If you don't follow the link, the article describes how the state of Oregon no longer requires High School graduates to show proficiency in reading, writing, or mathematics to graduate.  How does an Oregon High School graduate know that they have the correct diploma if they are illiterate and can't even read it?

In the spirit of the society that the Oregon educational system is producing - one where an illiterate student has the same valid diploma as an honors student - here is Kurt Vonnegut.

Should be back to routine blogging here in a bit.  Thanks for your patience, kind readers.

In the meantime, here is an interesting read.

Suggested Reading

 A thoughtful article that I recently read... thought it would be good to share.

Elections wont fix what ails the west.

The four horsemen of the apocalypse:  Death, Famine, War, and Conquest.  Image courtesy of wallpapercave.