Author Archives: nick

I got a new camera recently, a Canon PowerShot SD770 IS. They’ve been having a deal on them at Amazon for $159. It’s $230 at my local Office Depot. It’s not a pro SLR, but it’s good enough for me. … Continue reading →

When I was young, back in the 60’s, I was in the grip of apocalyptic thinking. I joined, with my wife and children, and lived in for eight years, from the age of 32 to 40, my prime, in an … Continue reading →

Doesn’t it seem like there is a lot more corruption on Wall Street and in Washington DC than previously imagined? Of course, now that the Republicans are out of power, they are looking less corrupt than the Democrats, because there … Continue reading →

I’m beginning to understand how it was that nothing was done about Hitler until it was too late. We are now experiencing, or about to experience, the end of the financial world as we know it. That’s just my opinion. … Continue reading →

This whole big three Detroit auto company bail-out is really beginning to piss me off. Ford, GM, and Chrysler pay, on average, $78 per hour for labor to manufacture cars, compared to $48 for Toyota, here in the United States. … Continue reading →

Tonight we went to “Bluegrass Underground” in the Cumberland Caverns, by McMinnville. The headliner was Tim O’Brien and Friends. It was a fabulous show, tight, utterly relaxed musical mastery and good humor. Tim is a great singer, a great songwriter, … Continue reading →

The nutroots are angry, but I am quite pleased and relieved, that, so far, President-Elect Barack Obama has implied, by his appointments and actions (Hillary, Lieberman, Bob Gates, Jim Jones, etc.), that George W. Bush has been pretty much right … Continue reading →

I will turn 65 in January, so I decided today to apply for medicare, which one is supposed to do during the three months prior to turning 65. I began by going online and typing “medicare” into Google, which took … Continue reading →

Saturday we drove over to Manchester and walked around The Old Stone Fort State Park. It was a beautiful Fall day. Here is a slide show of some pictures I took. The sound track is Candace, accompanied by Doc West … Continue reading →