Divebums is a local website that shows weekly photos taken by divers in Southern California (hopefully a great field ID section soon). Each year John puts out a fantastic calendar made up of photos from the local dive community. In fact, I’m looking at one on my office wall. This year, I was lucky enough …
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Remembrance Day
Though I’ve lived in the US for 7 years, it feels a little odd to be working today. Today is Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth (Veterans Day in the US). Many in Canada attend ceremonies today to see or place wreaths laid to honour the fallen. It is common to wear a red poppy on …
Which way will it tip, part 2
It seems the question I asked early in the year has been soundly answered, for now. Deflation is the name of the current game, not inflation. Money supply has been demolished through credit collapse and hording of the leftovers. The surprising thing in all of this to me is how strong the US dollar has …
Ticket breakups are hard
The LA Times reports “Tensions between McCain and Palin camps come to light“. Might be interesting, let’s take a look: “…aides to John McCain disclosed new details about her expensive wardrobe purchases and revealed that a Republican Party lawyer would be dispatched to Alaska to inventory and retrieve the clothes still in her possession.” That’s …
Best of luck Obama
Best of luck, Obama. You are going to need it to deal with the mess that has been left for you. Marketplace has some ideas on what will happen on the economic side when Obama comes into office. Horizon had a program called the President’s Guide to Science. Worth a watch, but you might have …