Lamb and Frog

I don’t think one can specify the precise moment the medical profession in America became the medical industry. It was probably close to the time the ‘word’ HMO became a household name. And, probably, like some cancers it was a slow, mostly invisible, but wholly insidious process. By the time America’s body politic became aware [...]

Rednecks are born, not made. Try as I might to pass as a bona fide liberal treehugger, I’ll never be 100% successful. Sooner or later my red neck starts to show–the guns, the desire to trade in the VW wagon for a V8 Mustang or a big ol’ Caddy (we already have the truck), the food [...]

random: seeming to be without purpose or direct relationship to a stimulus. non sequential. (from the Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition)
Shannon the Textile Goddess is going through a rough patch similar to the one I went through last summer (documented here and here). Life and technology would seem to be running amok. This morning she asked [...]

Where “T” stands for tortilla. New Mexico, like many states, is hurtin’ for money. The state legislature is looking for ways to both cut expenditures and increase income. What do they come up with? Food tax.
Now, when I moved here 15 or so years ago all food was subject to NM State gross receipts tax. [...]

In the previous post I talked about finding out where on the creativity continuum you are most comfortable. Do you like to follow the rules? Do you have the discipline it takes to learn and practice them to achieve a level of skill? Are you willing to take risks? I believe that most people are [...]