US Supreme Court begins hearing..

.. on the health care mandate. I am not trained in law but in the parlance of software something does not seem to compute. For an analogy, I may be the safest and the most conservative driver but I have not heard anyone stand up for my right to not have to buy minimum mandated insurance to be able to operate my vehicle. I may be the most healthy person around, but even so the tax dollars does provide for the ultimate insurance for life's uncertainly and unpredictability. If I drop flat in the middle of a public or private space, people around are going to call 911 without having the opportunity to talk with me about whether or not I am paying tax dollars for this, and the hospital will treat me first and find this out later. So what's the big deal about adding a penalty or tax surcharge for individuals to pay, if they don't buy the minimum mandated health insurance?

Mr Santorum would like..

 .. intelligent design to be taught in schools but guess what would he want them to worship when out of school? The mindless randomness and evolution of the markets without any intelligent input design from the top!

Saint O'Immigration

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/opinion/its-about-immigrants-not-irishnesss.html

Good bye and so long..

.. to a no sweat winter!

The vegetarian butcher

I recall some excellent meals with beef, pork and chicken dishes at Chinese-Vietnamese vegan restaurants in southern California.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/opinion/sunday/finally-fake-chicken-worth-eating.html

Innovation in recording vision

http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/a-review-of-the-lytro-camera/

http://www.lytro.com/