A Blog I wrote weeks ago was about donating one’s body to medical science. The feedback was interesting. People either found it a strange idea, or agreed with it, or rejected it totally. One lady said she’d never thought of the idea but liked it so much she was changing her will. Another lady said… continue reading »

Citigroup as a Corporation has been fined for fraudulently selling subprime mortgage securities that helped create the worldwide recession. You can view Citigroup’s current Board members Citygroup Board Should not now the justice department investigate each of them, plus any others known to have been on the board leading up to the 2008 mortgage scam?… continue reading »

Alameda is a sailor’s town. Even on its main streets it smells like the sea. Long a US Navy town, much of that is gone now. Burger King and Mexican Taco places set the tone today. I’ve been the past three days burrowed down inside my sailboat waiting for the workers of Svendsen’s Boatworks, Inc…. continue reading »

At our mature ages, we commonly have become passive observers of the parading scene. Rarely do we proactively affect fundamental aspects of our culture. For instance, most of us will have thousands of dollars spent by others encasing us in elegant boxes before being placed in the earth eventually just to decompose. Thousands of others… continue reading »

The Mediterranean is where I have been planning to sail and spend the balance of my life. To this end, I’ve been reading a 600-page history called, “The Great Sea.” It is the story of the people who first settled the Mediterranean – and all those since, who have lived there, and do so today…. continue reading »