Cable brough us this drama set in the Colorado of the wild west, a small family of settlers is in trouble, including a little magic. Maggie (Kate Blanchette) is the widowed mother of two girls, settled with some cattle. She's got a beau, Brake (Aaron… more »

I just saw this bit in the news. Not only have the cowardly insurgents taken to killing innocent people with their bombings, now the innocent people are running so scared from rumors of bombs that they're trampling each other to death in the process.… more »

Despite my previous praise for the prediction of the path of Katrina, local meteorologists have failed in their prediction of rain today. I drove my Explorer instead of riding my motorcycle to work because of the threat of late afternoon thunderstorms… more »

Got a quick note from Michelle; never lost power, just a bit of rain. Whew! more »

Downgraded to a "tropical storm," Katrina continues Northeast. After laying waste to big parts of Louisiana, Missouri, and Alabama, Katrina moved into Kentucky and Tennesee. She's slowing down, and is expected to either disappear or move offshore tom… more »

Sometimes meteorology surprises me. While power-lounging on Saturday I caught the news of Katrina's northward twist. I was tuning in during the commercials of Super Volcano on the Discovery Channel; a fictional documentary about the eruption of the vo… more »

I have a protruding mole on the side of my head, and a few on my back. Well, I did.I thought it was a consult today, but in a whirling-dervish of activity, seven of those protruding moles, including the one on my head, were sliced off. The worst of i… more »