Good morning. Keeping it short and sweet today.

Martin Luther King, Jr., reminded us that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Change takes a long time, but it does happen.
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3 comments (Latest Comment: 11/14/2023 18:32:34 by Will_in_Ca)

Good morning.

Just back from a fine weekend outing with Troop 248 - our annual Thanksgiving trip, where we cook all day and the families come out for an early dinner. A fine time was had by all.

So let us focus on something a little happier today, instead of the old-man rant I had planned.
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"Charlotte Knobloch was 6 years old when she saw the synagogues of Munich burning and watched helplessly as two Nazi officers marched away a beloved friend of her father who was beaten up and bleeding on the forehead.

It was Nov. 9, 1938, or Kristallnacht — the “Night of Broken Glass” — when Nazis terrorized Jews throughout Germany and Austria.

This Thursday, on the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht, Knobloch still remembers that night with horror and says it will be burned into her memory forever."
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5 comments (Latest Comment: 11/09/2023 16:10:26 by Will_in_Ca)

Good Morning.

There's a lot of things going on around here.
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3 comments (Latest Comment: 11/08/2023 01:12:24 by BobR)

Good evening.

Medical disclosure: I have kerataconis. It's an advanced and extreme form of astigmatism. Basically, my corneas are cone-shaped, and become increasingly more so as I age.

What that means is, I see things a bit differently. Particularly at night, or in low-light conditions. Consider the image below; I can confirm that this is pretty much what I see.


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