Sunday, October 25, 2026

Sunday morning music

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  I'm sure many of my readers have heard of comedian and musician Rob Paravonian .  From  his Web site : With the mind of a comedian and...
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Friday, October 23, 2026

Issues that should be addressed in the election, but are being ignored

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  Coyote Blog has been published since 2004 by Warren Meyer, making it even older than this blog (which I began in January 2008).  It's...
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Thursday, October 22, 2026

Listen for the still, small voice

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  As the mid-term elections draw near, the political turmoil around the world is being reflected in our own national politics.  There's ...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2026

When "concealed" firearms carry isn't

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  Last weekend Tom's Hardware, a well-known information technology Web site, informed its readers that WiFi technology can now detect a ...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Why France's "progress" threatens to derail America

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  Brivael Le Pogam is a French entrepreneur and co-founder of a Paris-based artificial intelligence video generation platform.  He's in...
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Monday, October 19, 2026

Memes that made me laugh 332

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  Gathered from around the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view.
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Sunday, October 18, 2026

Sunday morning music

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  Here are a couple of traditional Chinese instruments, and an ancient and two modern settings for them.  First, the guzheng . The zheng  or...
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Friday, October 16, 2026

How do you persuade a fanatical fighter that it's not his duty to die?

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  During World War II almost all Japanese military servicemen died in action, refusing to surrender.  They regarded it as their sacred duty ...
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Thursday, October 15, 2026

Musical notation as a tool of espionage?

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  It sounds weird, but it actually happened in the 1980's. Imagine this as the scenario for a thriller. Four folk musicians with a soci...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Two interesting bits of news, and a question for my readers

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  Two news reports caught my eye, both illustrating how dependent we've become on technology rather than older, mature methods. Fridges ...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2026

As with Britain, so with the USA???

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  So-called "welfare" payments (including entitlement programs, disability funding, and a host of other benefits) have all but cri...
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Monday, October 12, 2026

Memes that made me laugh 331

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  Back from vacation, with memes collected from the Web while on the road and in our hotel.  Click any image for a larger view.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Vacation update 2

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  Nothing exciting to report - which is the point of a vacation, after all! We've spent a while on the beach, enjoying the pleasantly wa...
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Sunday, October 4, 2026

Vacation update 1

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  We left on Friday morning, much to the woe and lamentation of our cat.  She'll survive, we're sure, particularly because friends f...
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Thursday, October 1, 2026

On the road again

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  My wife and I are heading south for the winter to the Gulf of Mexico for a week lazing in the sun.  We've both been far too busy for ...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Sadly, it takes war to spur improvements in emergency medical care

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  During my military service four to five decades ago, our medical training was pretty basic.  You could call it slightly more advanced firs...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2026

The Pachyderm Prescription?

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  The title of this post was suggested by this news report from Kenya.  It might make a good title for a novel, who knows? A new study sugg...
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Monday, September 28, 2026

Memes that made me laugh 330

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  Gathered from around the Internet over the past week.  Click any image for a larger view.
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Sunday, September 27, 2026

Sunday morning music

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  The British group Uriah Heep are regarded as one of the original hard rock/folk rock groups from the 1970's.  One of their early hits ...
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Friday, September 25, 2026

Sounds very African to me...

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  I'm amused to read about a Dutch drug hitman who has apparently "captured" the entire African nation of Sierra Leone, effec...
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