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Here is a shameless plug for my friend Bob’s weblog. Urban Locust is described as “A blog devoted to life, film, art, culture, and public transportation in Los Angeles” Keep up the interesting observations in LA, Bob. I much prefer to experience L.A. through your eyes rather than mine! (You would think I was a [...]

Last night I read a book entitled Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth From the Cattle Rancher Who Won’t Eat Meat. Though the information was really nothing I had not read before, seeing everything organized together provided a very clear framework. Suddenly, like when observing a Monet painting, everything came into focus – except this picture was [...]

As an exercise in observation, stillness and patience I am pondering the idea of perching myself on a bench in downtown Corvallis for a period of 24 hours…