Posts under ‘General Discourse’

Best wishes to everyone for happy and safe Fourth of July.
Unfortunately, here in California we have plenty o’ natural fireworks going off - though not all naturally caused - with 1,781 fires and 505,872 acres burned since June 20, 2008. Here’s hoping that the services of the 20,254 committed personnel, 1,503 fire engines, 571 hand [...]

Just a quick note to say yes, we did feel the earthquake last night. It seemed to hit a corner of the house first, and could have been mistaken for the wind…then the jolt hit. Just another day in the Golden State.
I’ll be watching the fault lines…

For folks who remember gas prices crossing the $1/gallon threshold, this might sound familiar:
Stuck in the past: Some gas pumps won’t charge more than $3.99/gallon
$4 a gallon gas is definitely a headache for drivers, but it is posing an even bigger problem for some gas stations. In many rural areas of the country, gas stations [...]

Portland’s Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) denied a request from Salmon for Savings, a branch of the Bring the Salmon Home Campaign, to place an ad on TriMet buses. The ad below is aimed at prompting consumers to taking a look at the controversial Klamath River dams.

Sure, the salmon seem to be a [...]

Don’t think anyone could have seen this one coming. Maybe the “No Pebble Mine” theme of the AEG Fly Fishing Film Tour impressed something on some goldsmith somewhere. A group of prominent jewelers, including Tiffany & Co., Helzberg Diamonds and Fortunoff, plan to throw their lot in with us motley fly fishermen in opposing the [...]