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There is Nothing to Blame

Apparently there was some sort of rally this past weekend in DC, and apparently I’ve missed all sorts of new memes like “anchor babies” and “terror babies.” I guess I’m not too surprised. It’s the natural evolution that we would … Continue reading

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Emergence E

Edit: read Mike’s Haiku in the comments first.  If you’re still not enlightened, then read the post :) Due to the overwhelming response to my last few posts, I have decided to continue writing about emergence, which I think is … Continue reading

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Dear Maggie,

Unfortunately for our Ad Hoc Meeting of the Outer Banks Cosmological Society, I had to interrupt a conversation that was just gathering a full head of steam when my eldest child’s bedtime arrived, and I left to read Dr. Seuss … Continue reading

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The Shell I Want

I want a better shell. I know there are better shells, but I want one that’s even better than the better ones. I want it to understand everything I’m used to saying, but to do it in a way that’s … Continue reading

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You Are a Developer

My dad called me last week, asked if I thought he should root his Android phone. The fact that my dad carries a computer around is not lost on me. He used to carry a chainsaw around for a living. … Continue reading

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What is the Universe?

Around five years ago, I started writing in earnest. I was going to call my book God is a Programmer, and therein I would answer the question, “What?” It was my inclination at the time to avoid the question “Why?” … Continue reading

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Straight Talk on Poop

Three guys I’ve known for a lot of years have asked me recently about diapers. We’ve used cloth diapers with three kids, and it worked for us. It meant, among other things, less garbage, fewer shopping trips, no diaper rash, … Continue reading

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Finn Faerie Land

I suppose this is most easily described as a story for children, though I am not sure who told it to my children, and it was my children who told it to me.  It’s also not really a story, since … Continue reading

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St. Helens

Thirty years and a day ago, Mt. St. Helens erupted.  At the time, we were living in a one room cabin in Pend Oreille County, in the northeastern part of Washington State.  It was a strange day. My parents, I … Continue reading

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Ghosts

It is a strange and wonderful truth, the way existence remembers our place in it.  There is a painting on the cave wall, and thus the cave remembers we have been there for a time.  There are shards of flint … Continue reading

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