I appreciate the notes of sympathy and condolence my last post (and the associated FB post) have drawn. Thanks to all of you. It’s really appreciated.
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She’s Gone
Blogging will be even more sparse than usual. Mom passed away this evening. She was at home, and passed quietly. Her last two surviving siblings had traveled from Virginia to see her. They got there in time.
Take care, Mom. We’ll miss you.
Bill Whittle’s Latest
I’ve been remiss. This one’s been up a while.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DS2wXSKF5k?rel=0]
I knew it was bad, but not THAT bad.
Quote of the Day – Brad Torgerson Edition
“Flaming rage nozzles of tolerance.”If you haven’t been following the Sad Puppies assault to wrest control of Science Fiction’s Hugo award away from the tiny Leftist clique that has been running it for the last decade or so, this won’t mean much to you, but Brad’s piece really is more widely directed than at just this one battleground.
More Global Climate Change
I’m in Burlington, Vermont this week. This is the view out my window at just after 6PM local time today:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0epvot4fiVE?rel=0]
Yes, it’s April 8th.
Flying in to Burlington on Monday, we passed over Lake Champlain where I noticed that it seemed at least 90% covered in ice. From the Burlington Free Press, February 17:
For the second year in a row, the lake appears to be frozen from one side to the other. National Weather Service high resolution satellite images show ice pretty much everywhere on the lake.
That’s enough for meteorologists to declare the lake as “closed” or frozen over, said Peter Banacos, a meteorologist at the NWS office in South Burlington.
Burlington has had below freezing temperatures throughout February, he said. This weekend Vermonters experienced wind chills as low as minus 40, which likely consummated the freeze-over.
The lake froze completely in 2014, but this is the first time in a decade that the lake has closed two years a row. Vermonters last saw the lake completely freeze consecutively in 2004 and 2005.
The instructor of the class I’m taking here went down to the lake last night. He reported the ice is still “about a foot thick.”
Atmospheric CO2 is now at 401PPM.
Current sunspot activity is low and declining.
I know where my money is riding on this question.
Your Moment of Zen
Haven’t done one of these in a while:
Absolutely Correct
Seen at Facebook, reposted here. Click for full-size, and read the text. Spot. On.
Some Days…
…I wonder why I left the air-conditioned comfort of my beige cloth-covered box in the Consulting Engineering Corporation building.
Oh yeah, meetings & reports. That was it.
They’re starting to look more attractive….
The Criminal Arrogance of Hillary Clinton
Bill’s latest Firewall:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lDN5b6ET0I?rel=0]
I also strongly recommend his latest essay, American Deserter.
Just, Damn.
Traveling
The week of April 6-10 I’m going to be in Burlington, VT. I’ve already dropped Jeff Soyer an email, but if any readers live in that area, I’d be interested in meeting up with you. My email’s over there on the left sidebar.