Author Archives: Alaska

On January 1st the wife and I took a drive into the Sierras on a whim to look at a property. This despite my ten-year-plan’s endpoint of a retreat in the Wallowa Valley. Suffice it to say my thinking on … Continue reading →

From a comment at Tam’s place, this is too cool. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

2:1 is a good ratio for many things in life. Lotus C-01 motorcycle. Closest thing to the bikes from Akira I’ve seen IRL yet. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

In one graph. Well, really, three or four. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

I agree this should be Mythbusters’ new direction. And yes, John Ioannidis would be perfect. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Unrest in Venezuela Spawns a Folk Hero http://on.wsj.com/1hAnJhu – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Many good people, past and present, we come to know only through their words. Where they cannot speak, the words of others must do. Such it was with Barkley, a good dog person whose good human person wrote of him … Continue reading →

Or rather, the lack of it: the cultural “human capital” deficiencies correlated with relative innumeracy. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone