The Amazing Albatrosses

They fly 50 miles per hour. Go years without touching land. Predict the weather. And they’re among the world’s most endangered birds.

This is a story of a series of long distance flights, not of the feathered variety, but of the wasteful human kind.

We recently ordered, on-line, some new stainless steel grates for our gas grill. They were shipped via FedEx from Missouri City, Texas. Missouri City is 18 miles from Houston, Texas, give or take. Since we live within one hundred miles of Houston and all FedEx packages in our area are delivered from Houston it would stand to reason that it would be a very short trip from Missouri City to Houston and then to our doorstep, right?

Well, think again.

It’s Never About The US President, It’s About The US Empire

In the year 2014, working for IATSE Local 600, I was representing the news photographers working for television stations KING in Seattle and KGW in Portland. Both stations had been bought by Gannett the previous year, as part of the overall transformation of broadcasting from local ownership to conglomerate ownership. The last labor contracts negotiated with local ownership expired as of the end of 2014, and that year the new corporate beast changed its name to Tegna.

Sixto Rodriguez dies at 81

Stuff Grows

It's been a busy week! More than normal! Imagine someone you haven't seen in over 40 years (a friend/roommate from my early college days), or heard from in most of that time, suddenly contacting you, saying they are going to be in your area of the country for a very short time and wanting to meet up for lunch - yesterday. Yep, that's been my week. It's been great!

Another round of really bad weather across the southland and severe thunderstorms in the mid Atlantic states challenging the climate change skeptics to explain their position.