tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15734307356574465772024-03-06T00:40:39.149+00:00Eclectic BreakfastI had hoped to call my blog "The Dog's Breakfast," but that name was long since taken. But in that spirit "The Breakfast" offers a little of this and a little of that, not all of it pretty, some of it poorly chewed. These are papers, posts, stories, correspondence, musings, and links to ideas that interest or amuse me.Eclectic Breakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767654149969639962noreply@blogger.comBlogger802125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573430735657446577.post-12979394382096847422023-12-06T18:47:00.005+00:002023-12-06T18:47:49.980+00:00The Death of Expertise, and other problems...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fRQTwWIeWByU-GW22UrpCHfoXO1e6dGzEnx2YUE5LL64cNlhQQEpu-QYO2H-PIcb7ArkkhRowRM4-XKNA0V01-gB9DcBRSIJaQx3O5dnHZvhXs0ZDsOdNeyPGJ61J8SkyK8QGFtjedS7opGQfwNctii3P8IFhn11ZS_DiO2X8AhR7vJX0UzvjS5l4ag/s4032/IMG_4889.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fRQTwWIeWByU-GW22UrpCHfoXO1e6dGzEnx2YUE5LL64cNlhQQEpu-QYO2H-PIcb7ArkkhRowRM4-XKNA0V01-gB9DcBRSIJaQx3O5dnHZvhXs0ZDsOdNeyPGJ61J8SkyK8QGFtjedS7opGQfwNctii3P8IFhn11ZS_DiO2X8AhR7vJX0UzvjS5l4ag/w360-h640/IMG_4889.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><i>The Death of Expertise</i> explains a lot about our current social and political climate. Tom Nichols wrote this sobering book in 2017. Recent political discussions reminded me I'd always meant to read it. Wish I'd done so six years ago. It contains valuable lessons for the common person young and old, teachers and administrators in higher education, social media producers and consumers, journalist and their publishers, and of course experts who are not above mistake. An updated 2nd edition is due out in April 2024; I've pre-ordered my copy from our local bookseller. This copy is on the way to one of my favorite relatives...</span>Eclectic Breakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767654149969639962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573430735657446577.post-61555055730370231002023-12-05T21:16:00.002+00:002023-12-05T21:16:22.846+00:00Another Important Read<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEDTYwkkxYS-zHgkYlgU1n1xJ1snPZyEjHasV0ix9mZpe0dOm1qwuzqhN289kycWbereQ_P97j7IS4lfyAJcfjVrcE9h0e_GawdKlGiz66wI89RvHhmBdBAZiPhNTOWl9J8oSTn5gKHdYZoFEqF1seha_MBSRy8_-_slEdI-_oD6vtU_ZnXdKK2zzoQI/s4032/IMG_4412.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEDTYwkkxYS-zHgkYlgU1n1xJ1snPZyEjHasV0ix9mZpe0dOm1qwuzqhN289kycWbereQ_P97j7IS4lfyAJcfjVrcE9h0e_GawdKlGiz66wI89RvHhmBdBAZiPhNTOWl9J8oSTn5gKHdYZoFEqF1seha_MBSRy8_-_slEdI-_oD6vtU_ZnXdKK2zzoQI/w360-h640/IMG_4412.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div><br /></div> I recently purchased and read a copy of <b>"Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present"</b> by scholar <a href="https://ruthbenghiat.com" target="_blank">Ruth Ben-Ghiat</a> I've heard several interviews with her lately and believe she's on to something to which we all must pay careful attention. While many are drawing parallels between our current political climate and 1930s Germany, Ben-Ghiat makes a compelling case that 1920s Italy may be more instructive. <div><br /></div><div>PS I bought my copy from <a href="https://www.peregrinebookcompany.com">Peregrine Book Company</a>. If we want local we must buy local.</div>Eclectic Breakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767654149969639962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573430735657446577.post-73265512170068398062023-12-05T14:11:00.005+00:002023-12-05T14:11:47.024+00:00A hike to the summit of our local volcano <a href="https://www.facebook.com/vicky.hall.9887?__cft__[0]=AZVFtyHLN-0-WgXG2a-ffBuyZmkXJ4xAKksvShMpjI9yv1HQCxfujSDlTkeftoeJh3n9vBECbcZmY9ponZxtjtoOVpgAj_1aAeoYfAodElB_ARmL_xapPdjwskdwiOk72CUS3WBr_IUe0EaHkgmwgfDBMjgiC034DUSBkJsTPZXphg&__tn__=-]K-R">Vicky Hall</a> and I had a hike up (and down) Glassford Hill midday Sunday. These remains of a 12-14 million year old volcanic eruption offer a 4.7 mile (7.5 km) round trip ascending (and descending) 900 feet (275 m) via seven or eight switchbacks..<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinAVpdejCf4NRKdO3R9YKucUxEz4ideEZ45CPZvE7xH-K1Vt-pJtBMez_XRKwYpXvE1TJDfQuppiHNCFny8GiXRR2MH3SsMcS4V1jSABEmnK8cfv17CqCrKN9MQnjhtOZPVhL-rCubh9o7sJxu0hrRySr9a6BVa3v4dyrqoBBcEoAB5iPWHkGMp0hxgP0" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinAVpdejCf4NRKdO3R9YKucUxEz4ideEZ45CPZvE7xH-K1Vt-pJtBMez_XRKwYpXvE1TJDfQuppiHNCFny8GiXRR2MH3SsMcS4V1jSABEmnK8cfv17CqCrKN9MQnjhtOZPVhL-rCubh9o7sJxu0hrRySr9a6BVa3v4dyrqoBBcEoAB5iPWHkGMp0hxgP0" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifb7cxh_0zhko0QqI9SRVstqCemjRsr2oSz0wRAFfh4jUk-FKtWbWWlXXmzSSY_WziI3WwvWNnZkn98fNzj6_0W2KMx0EBNA1-leCSbimExinRfEaP0I38alI-b3nD9q0KLMlcCSuoKytWIlBYfGT-HrZ9i4hkvOlz9-kzdZZg6pwAfxQlX8M66hfpXcg/s4032/IMG_4877.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYZq_hk6MF7zrrq0IQFrcr6aG9wMU9kAAb3gZLzicxpeMGJTJpzX3VeHSdM06xbrSK3Ug0Z1DbpWfaSjEcDwFLzyfqW3kCNENO_l7LBdc9l9uL257jpYYpHB2tDMCLKy0jFOLnT6dRBNSaKKt-3YFGzlcybcUmDjF6SnryU4funxGObVwbNZI_khNfzs4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYZq_hk6MF7zrrq0IQFrcr6aG9wMU9kAAb3gZLzicxpeMGJTJpzX3VeHSdM06xbrSK3Ug0Z1DbpWfaSjEcDwFLzyfqW3kCNENO_l7LBdc9l9uL257jpYYpHB2tDMCLKy0jFOLnT6dRBNSaKKt-3YFGzlcybcUmDjF6SnryU4funxGObVwbNZI_khNfzs4=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;">As we enter our angry, divisive 2024 presidential election year I've pruned my podcasts on both the left and the right, and added more science to the mix.</span></span><p></p><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>On The Media</b> - Center left reviews of major news stories and how they're reported </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/452538775/on-the-media" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; outline: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/podcasts/452538775/on-the-media</a> </span></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="outline: currentcolor !important;" /></span></span></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydpb01d854epasted-link" style="font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Fresh Air, with Terry Gross</b> - Still one of the best interviewers in the business </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/381444908/fresh-air" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; outline: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/podcasts/381444908/fresh-air</a></span></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="outline: currentcolor !important;" /></span></div></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp90e25e02pasted-link" style="font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>The Lincoln Project</b> - Never Trump Republicans and former Republicans intent on saving our democratic republic </span><a href="https://lincolnproject.us/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; outline: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">https://lincolnproject.us/</a> </span></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="outline: currentcolor !important;" /></span></div></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><b>Beg to Differ, with Mona Charon</b> - Weekly roundtable of Center Right to Center Left news analysis </span><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast/beg-to-differ/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; outline: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast/beg-to-differ/</a></span></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="outline: currentcolor !important;" /></span></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydpba88bbcdpasted-link" style="font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>The Focus Group, with Sarah Longwell</b> - Sobering reports of what political focus group members are actually saying </span><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast/focus-group/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; outline: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast/focus-group/</a></span></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="outline: currentcolor !important;" /></span></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>The Reason Interview, with Nick Gillespie</b> - Gillespie and staffers interview Libertarian though leaders </span><a href="https://reason.com/podcasts/the-reason-interview-with-nick-gillespie/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; outline: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">https://reason.com/podcasts/the-reason-interview-with-nick-gillespie/</a></span></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="outline: currentcolor !important;" /></span></span></div></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>The Reason Roundtable</b> - Genuine Libertarians have a way of looking at the world that is frequently refreshing </span><a href="https://reason.com/podcasts/the-reason-roundtable/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; outline: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">https://reason.com/podcasts/the-reason-roundtable/</a></span></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="outline: currentcolor !important;" /></span></span></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>The Bulwark Podcast, with Charlie Sykes</b> - Sometimes shrilll centrist political news analysis </span><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast/the-bulwark-podcast/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; outline: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast/the-bulwark-podcast/</a></span></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="outline: currentcolor !important;" /></span></span></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><b>Conversations, with Bill Kristol</b> - Center Right domestic and international political analysis </span><a href="https://conversationswithbillkristol.org/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; outline: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">https://conversationswithbillkristol.org/</a> </span></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="outline: currentcolor !important;" /></span></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><b>Shield of the Republic</b> - Center right analysis of international geopolitical issues </span><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast/shield-of-the-republic/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; outline: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast/shield-of-the-republic/</a></span></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="outline: currentcolor !important;" /></span></span></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; outline: currentcolor !important;"><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp8743d326pasted-link" dir="ltr" style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydpf91b0e04pasted-link" style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Alienating the Audience</b> - science fiction books, movies, and television </span><a href="https://alienating.libsyn.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; outline: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">https://alienating.libsyn.com/</a> </span></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="outline: currentcolor !important;" /></span></div></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydpab66ae0fpasted-link" style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Big Picture Science</b> - Science Education </span><a href="https://bigpicturescience.org/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; outline: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">https://bigpicturescience.org/</a> </span></div></div><div style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="outline: currentcolor !important;" /></span></div></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>In Research Of </b>- Critical but polite re-examination of the 1970's TV program In Search Of, with Leonard Nimoy </span><a href="https://inresearchof.libsyn.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; outline: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">https://inresearchof.libsyn.com/</a> </span></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="outline: currentcolor !important;" /></span></span></div><div class="ydp834b4a7cyiv8731465914ydp263d243fyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr" style="outline: currentcolor !important;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="outline: currentcolor !important; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Monster Talk</b> - The science show about monsters </span><a href="https://www.monstertalk.org/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #196ad4; outline: currentcolor !important;" target="_blank">https://www.monstertalk.org/</a></span></div></div></div>Eclectic Breakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767654149969639962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573430735657446577.post-76372627912170994962020-12-03T04:45:00.006+00:002020-12-08T16:23:07.394+00:00The Rest of My Podcast Feed<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>The rest of my feed remains devoted to science, medicine (Covid-19), cognition, and religion...</i></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6ydGh-Ue5drQk5PMVHJn8dizDBdtKiwa2rEWOYrNA9IDqrDk3-gVQFeMJOYpttVhUsAyxLNanoeeTg0ieD4B_Hrhu3_oei3mPwWS7TxqbIOWypXOlng2KxA9XdEzFDp38iRHfUT3Luk/s1400/MonsterTalk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6ydGh-Ue5drQk5PMVHJn8dizDBdtKiwa2rEWOYrNA9IDqrDk3-gVQFeMJOYpttVhUsAyxLNanoeeTg0ieD4B_Hrhu3_oei3mPwWS7TxqbIOWypXOlng2KxA9XdEzFDp38iRHfUT3Luk/w400-h400/MonsterTalk.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/monstertalk/id325079170" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Monster Talk: The Science Show About Monsters</span></a><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBce0ZJftyZc8RRy6LfGoGcTCG-wQ8zoXqDKExlzJTON9g_7tASFW0umIvfMcFO0s7LB6GO0cXOO1JgDxtnDeJZq9Ugm0h3Pv_VmYW_oePTCX7WtVyjLh_F_h82NpJ32MgLpx6XyRyIAc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBce0ZJftyZc8RRy6LfGoGcTCG-wQ8zoXqDKExlzJTON9g_7tASFW0umIvfMcFO0s7LB6GO0cXOO1JgDxtnDeJZq9Ugm0h3Pv_VmYW_oePTCX7WtVyjLh_F_h82NpJ32MgLpx6XyRyIAc/w400-h400/in-research-of.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-research-of/id1481720142" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In Research Of</a> will eventually run out of <i>In Search Of </i>television<i> </i>episodes to evaluate, but for now it's good fun.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipF6PdyoJlHq_ysvFK_jhNz8hOyojAuxeA2qaTJJyEUPaphYAzbeeA6CpVhdIukDo-dCaP74xzZyPOiy4QgkZ6iVjDMXf9Dl0j8Y8Tf6UAKF1xQhHfavckfPCtbP6OQhstfooy4c_OCUM/s300/twiv.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipF6PdyoJlHq_ysvFK_jhNz8hOyojAuxeA2qaTJJyEUPaphYAzbeeA6CpVhdIukDo-dCaP74xzZyPOiy4QgkZ6iVjDMXf9Dl0j8Y8Tf6UAKF1xQhHfavckfPCtbP6OQhstfooy4c_OCUM/w400-h400/twiv.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TWIV: This Week In Virology</a> has been at it since 2008. I look forward to not needing to listen to every episode...</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuLbjuBplyFLl0xrk4kEQiOAirEHEVENd_3JCcFFz0ZfSmx4MlTEwKo9uMgMvM3AuPza2wADmaCpvA4-wmK5imWnx02ZN_C7b049yRXdqLACJ5CZGb2qUoT32w7sYshVNEpt_0K3CqHU8/s2048/cidrap.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuLbjuBplyFLl0xrk4kEQiOAirEHEVENd_3JCcFFz0ZfSmx4MlTEwKo9uMgMvM3AuPza2wADmaCpvA4-wmK5imWnx02ZN_C7b049yRXdqLACJ5CZGb2qUoT32w7sYshVNEpt_0K3CqHU8/w400-h400/cidrap.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/podcasts-webinars" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CIDRAP Osterholm Update - Covid-19</a> is another solid source of Covid-19 science.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BwLUXm4D-iPI8K-UmJ8hzG2n_whQ7GaHMgL0u_XxDA5plYu7A3meFgsbzqln1RGlQKs5FjoejJfOuzluZVCu9wToQ4RiMyEsX4LjQAakwhbvIhn4uECm-dLM4Zy5bZggP2EMGFqHQik/s2048/youarenotsosmart.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BwLUXm4D-iPI8K-UmJ8hzG2n_whQ7GaHMgL0u_XxDA5plYu7A3meFgsbzqln1RGlQKs5FjoejJfOuzluZVCu9wToQ4RiMyEsX4LjQAakwhbvIhn4uECm-dLM4Zy5bZggP2EMGFqHQik/w400-h400/youarenotsosmart.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-are-not-so-smart/id521594713" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You Are Not So Smart</a> offers deep dives into the psychology of human awareness, emotion, cognition, and decision-making.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxohMHNzy7t23EQsl7lE88U7UvrzCUb19xwUCKFOZ7PaMystsBefBGp7KTGREaMvf2htr5iH2cUvhmkhxFedpreZwmCcQ9-jqyMVT0RgMsHNpxIsiPiysRzls6T5lbIWzXeej-YMiP4E/s170/unbelievable.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxohMHNzy7t23EQsl7lE88U7UvrzCUb19xwUCKFOZ7PaMystsBefBGp7KTGREaMvf2htr5iH2cUvhmkhxFedpreZwmCcQ9-jqyMVT0RgMsHNpxIsiPiysRzls6T5lbIWzXeej-YMiP4E/w400-h400/unbelievable.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unbelievable, With Justin Brierly</a> has been a favorite of mine for many years.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Eclectic Breakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767654149969639962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573430735657446577.post-82563120005682545302020-12-02T06:24:00.006+00:002020-12-08T16:35:13.181+00:00Minding My Media Diet<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>We need to be careful to select a balanced selection of news from a variety of sources...</i></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwBaIcrql-fIa-R3sSbg0XnFsspiIIGYbxxWMsDUTZWBrfIW_xcg2cryDdYquu9r5ISUslgc66OwVwiGmbLCZvlB7QYrTFRD98JCYYQdDIpx3nnIcRPoAgYeLyEopaxi8B_gdiyFb6xM/s2048/Media-Bias-Chart-6.0_Licensed-Download-midkpc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1571" data-original-width="2048" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwBaIcrql-fIa-R3sSbg0XnFsspiIIGYbxxWMsDUTZWBrfIW_xcg2cryDdYquu9r5ISUslgc66OwVwiGmbLCZvlB7QYrTFRD98JCYYQdDIpx3nnIcRPoAgYeLyEopaxi8B_gdiyFb6xM/w400-h307/Media-Bias-Chart-6.0_Licensed-Download-midkpc.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">click on image to embiggen</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I've been lazy about the news portion of my podcast feed and ended up with mostly NPR programming. 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As soon his greatest fear - </span><i style="text-align: left;">that Trump will steal the election</i><span style="text-align: left;"> - is put to rest I'll be retiring him.</span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I have decided to deliberately select some well-regarded conservative sources for listening. 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More amusing than thought-provoking so far. </span></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Many (too many) people I know seem to have selected news sources that make them the most comfortable in whatever bubble they have chosen to reside in. If we're not at least a little uncomfortable with some things we hear we are probably playing it too safe by avoiding cognitive dissonance at all costs.</span></p>Eclectic Breakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767654149969639962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573430735657446577.post-43406074288321288392020-09-14T05:42:00.003+00:002020-09-14T05:45:27.972+00:00Good Advice<div class="separator"><span style="font-family: georgia;">An important little book...</span></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQ8gEOuEP6NmezL_gNhtHttC9yBavak391h1tAdq67xWA3X7eV7rxza_Zyy86E_LzCljPZXXKknpQcFJfgS0886tMZ5qwD0XRJItzzo3v8GkY17hC46DelWqziNl99-rzYWgpP7-qJkA/w400-h294/TenArguments-us_fulljacket.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><i>"Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now" </i>by Jaron Lanier, is not a perfect book, but it is an important book. 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<br /> I’ve spoken with you before about my admiration for Justin Brierly and his radio program <a href="https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable">Unbelievable?</a> on Premier Christian Radio in the UK. I told you that Justin wrote a book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unbelievable-After-Talking-Atheists-Christian/dp/B0753P4BCD">Unbelievable?: Why After Talking with Atheists for Ten Years I'm Still a Christian</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">More recently I wrote about a book written by a friend, former co-worker, and now pastor, Zach Broom. </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Without-God-Science-Morality-Meaning-ebook/dp/B07WK8CQX5/" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Without God: Science, Belief, Morality, and the Meaning of Life</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> was dedicated to me.</span><br />
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<br />That catches us up to Tuesday this week. A few weeks ago Justin Brierly invited Zack Broom and me to come his program to discuss Zack’s book! We recorded the conversation Tuesday afternoon. The title of our episode is <a href="https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Episodes/Unbelievable-Where-do-atheists-get-their-meaning-from-Zach-Broom-and-Michael-Brady">Where Do Atheists Get Their Meaning?</a> Zack has been interviewed quite a bit as he promotes his book and seemed pretty comfortable. I haven’t been interviewed for radio or podcast (let alone video recorded for <a href="https://youtu.be/53hgR3dI14k">YouTube</a>) before, so I was pretty nervous. It was daunting at first, but Justin put us both of us ease. In short order it became a conversation among friends, old and new. The hour and a half of recording flew by. It was quite the peak experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But today was that day for me. My benefactor was zeroing this classic dangerous game rifle for a client who is about to leave for Africa to hunt Cape Buffalo. He'd had enough after five shots and offered me the last one. I can see why he was tired. An entry level Merkel 140-2 double rifle chambered for the 470 Nitro Express goes for about $8,000 USD. The ammunition costs $8 a shot, one cartridge of which was given to me for free...</span>Eclectic Breakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767654149969639962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573430735657446577.post-82456013307685665092019-06-07T01:21:00.001+00:002019-06-07T01:21:26.449+00:00A Visit to Mesa Verde<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Vicky and I celebrated her birthday with a four day visit to one of our oldest national parks...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After a climb of about 800 feet (245 meters) to the ridge line our goal was in sight, though we didn't know it at the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The first up close view as we approached the crest of the hill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There is a circular enclosure within the walls at the south end of the fort.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The view to the south.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This and several other sites we visited over the past couple years were first described to us by </span><a href="http://www.arizonaruins.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Arizona Ruins</a>.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Due to the proximity of modern civilization, the authors of that helpful site</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> were careful not to give too much away with regard to location. We'll respect that choice and abide by the philosophy.</span><br />
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<br />Eclectic Breakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767654149969639962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573430735657446577.post-52450605333219667122019-04-08T14:24:00.000+00:002019-04-08T14:52:23.107+00:00A Long Hike<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Into the past...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We ascended 1300 feet in two miles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After another four miles of hiking</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Sinagua cliff dwelling tucked in a recess in the volcanic cliff</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Built with sandstone slabs, pine logs, and mud plaster</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This was once a two story structure</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">These were the floors of the second level</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sycamore Canyon Wilderness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We cooked and dined outdoors on the south side of the ridge</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sunset from our dinner table was beautiful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The morning view from our breakfast nook</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The San Francisco Peaks in the distance, the cliff dwelling was on the other side of the bumpy ridge in the middle distance</span></div>
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<br />Eclectic Breakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767654149969639962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573430735657446577.post-47698001031019547032019-02-28T00:44:00.000+00:002019-02-28T00:54:45.173+00:00A Trip to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Cassie and I spent a week in Jordan over winter break...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A tomb outside the Siq at Petra.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Treasury at Petra.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On our way to the High Place of Sacrifice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cassie's knees are so much younger than mine!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The High Place of Sacrifice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Garden Temple.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Monastery was named for cruciform images inscribed on interior walls. It's three times larger than The Treasury, and nearly at the top of a mountain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">From Petra we traveled to Wadi rum. This is the view from Lawrence Spring. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Reminds me a little of Monument Valley in Arizona, except instead of lava capped flat mesas, the sandstone mountains are weathered round at the tops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The view from our Day One lunch stop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Petroglyphs dating from at least the time of the Nabateans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A brief hike through a shaded canyon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cassie atop The Big Arch. Yes, I remained below...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sunset reminded me of home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cassie strikes a pose on the Khasch Route. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The evening's entertainment in the main tent after supper the second evening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Desolate views in all directions from Crusader Castle Shobak.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One can see for miles and miles (or kilometers and kilometers) from the heights of Castle Kerak.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cassie and I spent New Year's Eve at the Holiday Inn Dead Sea. That's Israel across the lake...err..sea. We bobbed in the brine New Year's Day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the foreground is Umm Qais, formerly the Roman city of Gadara. On the right across the valley are the Golan Heights occupied by Israel for their obvious strategic and tactical advantage. In the distance beyond them is the Sea of Galilee (called Lake Tiberius by the Jordanians).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Along this road to west, and outside the perimeter of the ruin, is the Gadara cemetery, by tradition the scene of the New Testament story of the Demoniac of Gadara.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This road once lead from Jerash, Jordan to Damascus, Syria.</span><br />
<br />Eclectic Breakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767654149969639962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573430735657446577.post-87588851571867922812019-02-27T00:26:00.004+00:002019-02-28T00:55:36.031+00:00Visiting Cassandra In Lebanon<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Cassie's job provides opportunities for grand adventures...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I visited Cassie in Beirut, Lebanon over winter break. It's taken some time to get this posted as I do most of my reportage over on Facebook these days</span><br />
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<br />Cassie with the Mediterranean Sea in the background.<br /></span><br />
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<br />The remains of a Roman bathhouse in Beirut.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />The famed Corniche. In the distance are snow covered peaks where ski resorts are found. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The infamous Holiday Inn Beirut, one of the high places fought over in the "Battle of the Hotels" in the mid-1970s. Vanquished defenders were thrown from the roof whenever the property changed hands. Pocked with bullet holes and scarred by fire it remains a sad monument to the civil war.</span></div>
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<br />But for the minaret, this holiday scene wouldn't be out of place in Hanoi, Seoul, Minneapolis, or Prescott. <br /></span><br />
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<br />The remains of "The Egg" - a movie theater project interrupted and then battered by the civil war - lies abandoned across the street from the beautiful Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />I'm pretty sure I ate more mashed up garbonzo beans (hummus) in the past two weeks than I have in my previous 60 years! Next to the bowl of the ever present dip are a meat filled pastry that is a local Baalbek specialty. Yes, that's an ash tray on the table. Smoking appears to be a national pastime in Lebanon. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />The remains of a column hewn, finished, and polished by hand some 2000 years ago in Baalbek.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />This is the quarry where slaves chipped away at the bedrock to free pillars and columns before hauling them a kilometer or two to the site of the Roman temples in Baalbek.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Byblos is the oldest continuously occupied city in the world. This spring was used in Neolithic times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lunch starters: some assembly required. </span></div>
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<br />The mouth of the Dog River beneath the cliffs of Nahr El Kalb, where Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Greek, Roman, Arab, French, and British armies - whether invaders or liberators - have made a tradition of commemorating their arrival in Lebanon by carving stellae into the limestone cliffs.<br /></span><br />
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<br />The Raouché Rocks as one leaves Beirut to the south.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />In the mountains east of Sidon we visited Castle Beaufort, a stronghold used by Crusaders, Muslims, the Ottomans, the PLO, and Israel.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />A photo taken by a helpful security officer at the gate to Cassie's school. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cassandra, thank you for yet another trip of a lifetime. I will follow you anywhere you go for as long as my knees hold out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />My Aunt Sylvia Petra Solberg - 62 years the wife of my mother's eldest brother - died last week. Many of my best childhood memories have her and Uncle Harlan and their sons in them. I flew home Thanksgiving Day so that we could travel north to attend her funeral Saturday. On the 425 mile (680 km) drive from Minneapolis to Greenbush, Minnesota, we took a slight detour to see the farms in Norway Township, Traill County, North Dakota, where no Solberg lives anymore. It was a bleak day, on the way to a sad event. I was comforted by the company of my mother Kay, father Larry, and brother Steve. Sylvia's life was long and rich, her end was quick and perhaps merciful. Her lovely funeral and the fellowship that followed softened winter's gray chill.</span>Eclectic Breakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767654149969639962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573430735657446577.post-74426680374452426432018-11-13T18:32:00.000+00:002018-11-13T18:33:11.602+00:00Our Inner Ape<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>A leading primatologist explains why we are who we are...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Frans De Waal's excellent <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Our-Inner-Ape-Primatologist-Explains/dp/1594481962">book</a> draw undeniable parallels between the great apes - bonobos and chimpanzees in particular - and humankind. In the categories of power, sex, violence, and kindness our similarities are hard to ignore. Excellent reading for the naturalist or the moralist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://the1a.org/podcast">1A</a> from <a href="https://wamu.org/">WAMU</a> by way of <a href="https://www.npr.org/">NPR</a>. Host Joshua Johnson has crisp voice and incisive ear for the news.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy">AM Joy</a> with <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/joy-reid-biography">Joy Reid</a>, is interesting, especially for an <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/">MSNBC</a> program, in that most every panel seems include to include a conservative speaker.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://apologia-podcast.net/wp/">Apologia</a> after an invigorating run that started in 2006, the show was quiet for quite a while. Lately host Zachary Moore has rebranded the podcast as <i>"a friendly forum for faith and doubt"</i> and it's working.<br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://monstertalk.skeptic.com/">Monster Talk</a>, The Science Show About Monsters, is alway great fun. Blake Smith and Dr. Karen Stollznow remain skeptical yet affable hosts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/otm/">On the Media</a> offers a weekly analysis of how the media covers the news.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://rationallyspeakingpodcast.org/">Rationally Speaking</a> has not been the same since Massimo Piggliuci left, but Julia Galef is finding her voice and making the show her own.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.stoicmed.com/">Stoic Meditations</a> with <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/stoic-meditations/id1328933559?mt=2">Massimo Pigliucci</a> offers a daily contemplation drawn from Greek and Roman stoic philosophers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.brokenbookpodcast.com/">The Broken Book Bible Podcast</a> delivers the decidedly non-orthodox views of hosts Sam McConnell and Amanda Hays. They love their bible, but they probably don't read it like you do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable">Unbelievable?</a> With Justin Brierley, is a weekly pleasure for this non-believer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://youarenotsosmart.com/">You Are Not so Smart</a> is a labor of love produced by the very smart David McRaney.</span><br />
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<br />Eclectic Breakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767654149969639962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573430735657446577.post-62817154686832926292018-04-21T18:46:00.000+00:002018-04-22T19:07:32.704+00:00We Visited "Canyons of the Ancients" for my 60th<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Yeah, irony...</i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Saturday, the 14th</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On the way to <a href="https://www.cityofcortez.com/312/Visiting">Cortez</a>, <a href="https://www.colorado.com/">Colorado</a>, we made the obligatory stop at <a href="https://www.visitarizona.com/uniquely-az/parks-and-monuments/four-corners-monument">Four Corners</a>. We were underwhelmed by the lack of anything happening at Four Corners - a spot on a map in the middle of nowhere where the boundaries of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico meet. Perhaps it was the low season?</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We enjoyed very nice accommodations at <a href="http://www.kellyplace.com/">Kelly Place</a>, which has a fine collection of <i>black on white</i> ware and stone projectile points found on the premises over the years.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sunday, the 15th</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Vicky and I prepared for our explorations by visiting the <a href="https://www.blm.gov/learn/interpretive-centers/CANM-visitor-center-museum">Anasazi Heritage Center.</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A half mile of paved switchbacks takes you to the 12th century <a href="https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/explore/escalante-pueblo/">Escalante Pueblo</a> and kiva at the top of the hill above the center.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Next, we visited <a href="https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/explore/lowry-pueblo/">Lowry Pueblo</a>, in <a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/colorado/canyons-of-the-ancients">Canyons of the Ancients</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am always fascinated by the 700-900 year old timbers that still serve as roof beams or lintels at these pre-historic sites.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Three spiral pictographs, possible solar calendars. The Ancestral Puebloans here had kivas but not nearly as much rock art as we find in the Agua Fria.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Back into <a href="https://www.recreation.gov/recreationalAreaDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&recAreaId=3114">Canyons of the Ancients</a> for a ramble through <a href="https://www.crowcanyon.org/ResearchReports/SandCanyon/Text/scpw_contentsvolume.asp">Sand Canyon Pueblo</a>. nterpretive signs offer visitors a sense of what once stood there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Spectacular views make it possible to imagine Sand Canyon in the days it was a thriving community.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">An artist's impression of the Sand Canyon Pueblo. We saw this at the <a href="https://www.crowcanyon.org/">Crow Canyon Archeological Center</a> Tuesday morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tuesday afternoon we drove home through <a href="https://www.newmexico.org/">New Mexico</a> on Highway 491 so we could have a look at <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/shiprock">Ship Rock</a>. It's on private property so we shot from the Red Rock Highway in a stiff wind. We took dozens of photos. I like this one best. <i>"Ship Rock, known as </i>Tse Bitai<i>, or 'the winged rock' in Navajo, is a volcanic neck, or the central feeder pipe of larger volcanic landform which has since eroded away."</i> From <a href="https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/tour/landmarks/shiprock/home.html">New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have a chapter in a book recently published at <a href="https://www.reasonpress.net/">https://www.reasonpress.net</a> It was written in response to a book authored by Justin Brierly, host of one of my favorite podcasts. Justin's book is titled <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unbelievable-After-Talking-Atheists-Christian/dp/0281077983">Unbelievable?: Why after ten years of talking with atheists, I'm still a Christian</a>, What follows was my proposal for the introduction to our book, <a href="https://www.reasonpress.net/">Still Unbelievable: Why after listening to Christian arguments we remain skeptics.</a> Another intro was chosen, but this explains why I engaged in our modest enterprise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I like Justin Brierly. I recall that I started listening to <a href="http://I like Justin Brierly. I recall that I started listening to Unbelievable in the summer of 2009, shortly after he aired an episode featuring second tier angry atheist, University of Minnesota-Morris Biology Professor, PZ Myers. For ninety minutes Professor Myers rubbed me raw, much more so than the Christian guest, Denis Alexander. What amazed me most though, was the host of this UK radio program and podcast put on by Premier Christian Radio. Justin Brierly, though obviously a Christian, was genuinely even-handed. It was unlike any religious or skeptical podcast I’d ever listened to. I began listening to the show’s back catalog. I was pleased. More importantly, I was impressed. Where most opinion programs erect a straw man representation of their opponent’s viewpoint and then take great relish in knocking it down, Justin actually put both sides of an issue on air in real time and then insisted that each side hear the other out. These discussions weren’t debates per se, more like spirited dialogues. In the main - there are exceptions - under Justin’s skilled moderation, each speaker treated the other with respect. I removed PZ Myer’s blog from my reading list. The echo chamber he had created preferred reflexive vitriol over substance and sycophants punished wrong thinking. Why hang out with disagreeable people just because they have a similar perspective? I subscribed to Unbelievable and have been anxiously awaiting each week’s episode ever since. Justin read out feedback - email responses, Facebook posts, and Twitter tweets - discussing previous episodes at the end of each week’s show. Again, Justin demonstrated his commitment to balance by giving voice to opinions from both sides of the topic. I wrote to him. He often graced me with a personal reply, answering points I raised. In time, Justin even read one my comments on air. I must admit I hadn’t been that excited since the local TV lunch time personality read my name on the birthday’s list when I was in kindergarten. After a couple years [check] the program added a comments section beneath each episode at the Premier Christian Radio website. Over time many listeners and fans have come and gone, but a core group remains. For most us it is the only place we have ever met. The comments section becomes an “after party” where we assemble weekly for a debate which frequently lasts until the next episode is aired. These are the people who have written the [Justin Response Book] you are now reading. “So what?” you ask. Radio personalities and talk show hosts have fans. You are just another somewhat odd fanboy. The thing is when I discovered Unbelievable, with Justin Brierly, I was not a believer and am not one now. I - and if I may speak for my fellow writers - do not share Justin’s religious faith but we have become and remain loyal listeners and avid fans. The writers of this volume are varied in their perspectives, personalities, and passions. Some have never held any religious faith. While none are evangelicals [check] a few are believers. Some are agnostic, still seeking any truth to be found at the core of the story. Others are angry, hurt by the experiences they suffered at the hands of fellow believers who turned out to be not very Christ-like at all. There is at least one mythicist, who believes the entire story is a fabrication. Most of us accept that there was a man named Yeshua, an itinerant Jewish preacher from the Galilee, who met a violent end at the hands of the Romans for inciting the rabble during a major Jewish holiday. One might paraphrase the subtitle of Justin’s Unbelievable book, “Why, after ten years of listening to as kind and sensible and even-handed a Christian as Justin Brierly, why we are still not believers.” As Justin says. “Conversation matter.” We hope you enjoy our contribution to this decade long dialog. Perhaps you will even find it useful.">Unbelievable? With Justin Brierly</a> in the summer of 2009, shortly after he aired an episode featuring second-tier angry atheist, University of Minnesota-Morris Biology Professor, PZ Myers. For ninety minutes Professor Myers rubbed me raw, much more so than the Christian guest, Denis Alexander. What amazed me most though, was the host of this UK radio program and podcast put on by Premier Christian Radio. Justin Brierly, though obviously a Christian, was genuinely even-handed. It was unlike any religious or skeptical podcast I’d ever listened to.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I began listening to the show’s back catalog. I was pleased. More importantly, I was impressed. Where most opinion programs erect a straw man representation of their opponent’s viewpoint and then take great relish in knocking it down, Justin actually put both sides of an issue on air in real time and then insisted that each side hear the other out. These discussions weren’t debates per se, more like spirited dialogues. In the main - there are exceptions - under Justin’s skilled moderation, each speaker treated the other with respect. I subscribed to Unbelievable and have been anxiously awaiting each week’s episode ever since.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Justin read out feedback - email responses, Facebook posts, and Twitter tweets - discussing previous episodes at the end of each week’s show. Again, Justin demonstrated his commitment to balance by giving voice to opinions from both sides of the topic. I wrote to him. He often graced me with a personal reply, answering points I raised. In time, Justin even read one of my comments on air. I must admit I hadn’t been that excited since the local TV lunch time personality read my name on the birthday’s list when I was in kindergarten.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After a couple years the program added a comments section beneath each episode at the Premier Christian Radio website. Over time many listeners and fans have come and gone, but a core group remains. For most us it is the only place we have ever met. The comments section becomes an “after party” where we assemble weekly for a debate which frequently lasts until the next episode is aired. These are the people who have written the book you are now reading.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“So what?” you ask. Radio personalities and talk show hosts have fans. You are just another somewhat odd fanboy. The thing is, when I discovered Unbelievable?, with Justin Brierly, I was not a believer and am not one now. I - and if I may speak for my fellow writers - do not share Justin’s religious faith but we have become and remain loyal listeners and avid fans.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The writers of this volume are varied in their perspectives, personalities, and passions. Some have never held any religious faith. While none are evangelicals a few are believers. Some are agnostic, still seeking any truth to be found at the core of the story. Others are angry, hurt by the experiences they suffered at the hands of fellow believers who turned out to be not very Christ-like at all. There is at least one mythicist, who believes the entire story is a fabrication. Most of us accept that there was a man named Yeshua, an itinerant Jewish preacher from the Galilee, who met a violent end at the hands of the Romans for inciting the rabble during a major Jewish holiday.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One might paraphrase the subtitle of Justin’s Unbelievable book, “Why, after ten years of listening to as kind and sensible and even-handed a Christian as Justin Brierly, why we are still not believers.” As Justin says. “Conversation matter.” We hope you enjoy our contribution to this decade long dialog. Perhaps you will even find it useful.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />Note: Some time after my initial proposal for an introduction, we decided our response to <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unbelievable-After-Talking-Atheists-Christian/dp/0281077983">Unbelievable?: Why after ten years of talking with atheists, I'm still a Christian</a>, would be titled <a href="https://www.reasonpress.net/">Still Unbelievable: Why after listening to Christian arguments we remain skeptics.</a> Click on the link to enjoy it for free. See you there.</span><br />
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<br />Traded a fella my Ruger Bisley Single Six 22, which I wasn’t using, for a Smith & Wesson Model 642 (a stainless take on the classic Centennial Airweight 38), which ought to be a convenient companion on our hikes. It came with a couple pocket holsters, another set of grips (I like these for now), some speedloaders, and a street action spring kit (which slicked up the action nicely). Not a bad trade. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To borrow a line from the very strange 2017 indie film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2337841/">Bottom of the World</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Rancho_Hotel_%26_Motel">El Rancho Motel</a> was originally built as a residence for movie stars working on films in the vicinity of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallup,_New_Mexico">Gallup, New Mexico.</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It once sat astride the legendary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_66">Route 66</a>, which still surfaces here and there along its original route </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">like a broken snake weaving its way </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">through the Southwest </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The film makes powerful use of this <a href="http://route66hotels.org/about-the-el-rancho-hotel/">80 year old edifice</a>. I thought scenes of the lobby were shot in some weird art deco sound stage, but the lobby is indeed a kitschy marvel.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Reviewer Andrew Hope called </span><a href="https://atthefoothillsofmadness.com/2017/02/09/movie-review-bottom-of-the-world-is-david-lynch-lite-all-the-way-but-still-worth-your-time/" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Bottom of the World</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">David Lynch Lite</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, which is actually a pretty interesting compliment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We shall have to find an excuse to stay there some day soon...</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>Eclectic Breakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09767654149969639962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573430735657446577.post-24002534924900631132017-11-12T21:53:00.000+00:002017-11-15T20:51:31.756+00:00Another Trip to the Baby Canyon Group<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>To explore a site we'd seen on Google Earth and in a paper, but had yet to visit in person...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We encountered several unexpected dwellings as we hiked in and out across Perry Mesa. Some had a half dozen rooms, others were vague outlines. This rectangular pattern of rocks was once a home, a 1,000 years or so ago...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The point was not made of the poor quality quartz usually seen on the mesa. The obsidian used to shape the flake on the left would have been imported from the Flagstaff area.</span></span><br />
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The more remote the site, the larger the potsherds. Here most of the fragments were unadorned orange/red clay pots.</span></span><br />
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A commanding view to the east. The breeze blowing across this promontory must have made for pleasant evenings.</span></span></div>
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The view to the west and and the site we visited last time about half mile in the distance.</span></span></div>
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A sheep petroglyph waits in the shade of the cliff across the saddle from the Baby Canyon Pueblo. Should have put something in the frame for scale; this was about a foot across.</span></span></div>
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A petroglyph of a deer on the rocks south of the Baby Canyon Pueblo.</span></span></div>
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The view from our lunch spot on the saddle of the Baby Canyon Pueblo.</span></span></div>
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Another break on the walk back. We carried plenty of water and it was cooler this time. </span></span></div>
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Almost back to the<i> "New Windmill" </i>and the jeep. we saw several groups of hunters but heard no shots all day. We saw a group of mule deer close enough for a pistol shot and a very smart herd of pronghorn antelope on a ridge with miles long views in all directions.</span></span></div>
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Amazing what will pass for civilization after a day in the past.<br /><br />After three visits to the Baby Canyon Group we’re ready for some less accessible sites.</span></span></div>
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The descent begins</div>
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A rattlesnake's previous skin</div>
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Vicky taking a picture of our descent... "What's on that boulder?" </div>
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"Could it be petroglyphs?"</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A walk down the wash before our ascent</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Baby Canyon Pueblo</span></div>
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Several panels of rock art just below the pueblo </div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mission accomplished</span></div>
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The saddle between the plateau and pueblo</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Remains of several of the 100 rooms</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Modernity in the distance and six centuries in the future</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Off the map so still in pretty good shape</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Broken matates, potsherds, and lithic fragments found by others</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">An abrader I think</span></div>
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The view of the path home, down, across, and up</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We came to visit Haein-sa the repository of the Tripitaka Koreana, the largest existing library of the Buddhist canon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As always, the walk through the park was scenic and soothing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The temple complex was first built in the year 802.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All the bells, but no whistles. Drums though...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The <i>Tripitaka Koreana</i> are carved on wooden tablets and stored in specially constructed buildings, featuring natural passive ventilation and extended eaves to keep the sun off the collection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Concoctions of minerals under the floors absorb moisture when it's too wet, but humidifies the library when it's too dry.</span><br />
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