How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. - Abraham Lincoln
Everyday life
2005, May 26
Summer Weather Pattern
For the San Francisco Bay area.
You know when it’s summer in the Bay Area, it’s chilly, foggy and windy. This morning that is exactly what we have. And it is summer, according to the old calendar Shakespeare used. Midsummer Night was June 21. The beginning of the season was halfway between the equinox and the solstice, so summer started about May 5.
I doubt the people in Massachusetts would agree.
2005, April 16
Rules for Living
Can I follow all these rules?
Like Abe Lincoln, I can follow all the rules some of the time, some of the rules all the time, but never all the rules all the time. Sometimes only one a day.
Do not fight
Do not be greedy
Do not seek
Do not be selfish
Do not pursue personal advantage
Do not lie
2005, April 03
Tree with a heart
Can you find the heart hidden in the tree?
Here is a page from the journal of Richard Bell of Wild West Yorkshire. Does anyone else see a heart in this tree?
2005, April 02
Split second from death
A motorcyclist one split second from death.
Driving on Hilltop Drive yesterday, a motorcyclist came riding toward me. He became impatient, sped up and passed the car in front of him. This brought him into my lane. He swung back in time to avoid a head-on collision. However, he underestimated his own speed, and was unable to keep control of the bike as he came by my car. He was falling toward my lane as we passed.
In my rear view mirror, I saw him lying across my lane, right where I had been less than a half second before. Now what I felt was the most intense rage. He had nearly involved me in a fatal accident. Fatal to him, because I am driving a large station wagon. I was most angry that he nearly messed up my whole work day because of his incredible stupidity. He picked himself up unhurt. I swore a lot and shaking, continued driving.
Will he learn patience, some reluctance to take unnecessary risks, consideration for other people on the road, more refined motorcycling skills? I hope so, but somehow, I doubt it.
