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This is the third set of entries from the diary of Lady Shelburne, written in 1766-69. Other posts in this series are listed in the panel a...

I've been watching blog-traffic on Google's threat to our privacy. Like Nick, I want to enjoy the vast potential for connecting wit...

I've wondered from time to time how it has been possible to keep US interest rates low over the past few years. In particular, I expect...

I found this while doing the post on Baidarka -- irresistible. The source: Vintage Skinboats For more information on coracles, I suggest you...

Take a look at the homeland security cartoons in Slate : Sargent Mike Luckovich Duane Powell Signe Wilkinson

Here's a second extract from the diary of Lady Shelburne. It's kind of pleasing to find that the lady is a mystery. Most of what l...

A question, yes, but first a story. I quote: The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington Thermodynamics mid ter...

Julia gave me an Innocence Mission CD for Christmas. Here's a link to the Wikipedia entry for the group . I'm fond of all the song...

Baidarka - the Aleut kayak. It's gorgeous. The Engines of Our Ingenuity site has a page on them . Says the page: A small baidarka is ...

Consider this an update to my post on resolving global imbalances . I pointed there to articles in the Washington Post in preparation for t...

I found this while looking for something else. click to enlarge It's a portrait by William Hogarth of Lavinia Fenton, Duchess of Bolton ...

Perhaps you've been reading news reports lately dealing with the US economy in a ramp-up to the State of the Union Speech. See for exam...

Like other Victorian biographers, the grandson of the Earl of Shelburne included extracts of letters and other documents in his biography of...

some days..... Some days, like yesterday, the greatest occurance is my ride home. Sunny, with temperatures in the 30's, winds from the...

A Belgian site called World Standards answers the burning question, Why do some countries drive on the right and others on the left? The a...

I like a little background music at work but nothing that intrudes if I can help it. After some experimentation, I've settled on two in...