I Quote Myself

Grouchily, from 2006, on the then- proposed coursing ban in CA. I may or may not elaborate…but I would not take back a word. Nor is its relevance particularly narrow. “Calfornia and the current government of the UK are in the lead of the west’s trying to ban death, injury, history, tragedy, and hurt feelings. …

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Invincible Ignorance?

I hate to rant but (I can see everybody believes THAT)… Well, first Reid provoked me with this, knowing that it was like poking a stick at a hot rattlesnake. At first I just sputtered. “I can’t even debunk this– it is like Mary McCarthy’s famous remark on Lilian Hellman: “Every word she says is …

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Front Page

The local (not bad) paper. It is probably A Good Thing that the biggest above- the- fold news is that a dog killed another. But that damn COLON…. I am getting old…

Blogging resumes, if briefly…

Busy but I THINK done with the Eagle Book (real cover coming) and in a routine with the Book of Books; the latest descriptive if uninspired title is Bodio’s Choice; One Hundred essential Hunting and Fishing Books; (“through the Ages? “From X to Y”?) Plus getting our local art press, or rather Laurie Gregg and …

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