Getting It Done with a Smile
In writing at least 99% of my posts here, selecting the photo is the last step before hitting “publish.” I don’t spend a huge amount of time in this process, but I normally try to amplify or further explain the point I’m making. Sometimes I’m just trying to be funny.
This post, however, started with the photo at left; somehow its pure joy called out to me.
There is hope.
The human spirit is indominable.
Nothing of any importance is accomplished without a certain enthusiastic joy.
Life is good, and these three children are here to prove it.
Here’s an exchange that suggests that the U.S. may be losing the battle to keep science alive and functioning as the core of policy-making. 
Question: The solar industry required 40 years to complete its one-millionth installation. How long did it take to double that to two million (a milestone achieved last month)?
A reader asked for my comment on this video called “
I apologize for the salty language in the meme here, but I wanted to make a point about it.
If you close your eyes and try to get a mental picture of mid-20th Century London, you probably wind up with something like the shot at left here.
This April, after a month of record temperatures in the Bering Sea, ocean ice in the Arctic is at an all-time record low for the date, crushing the record set … last April.
Here’s a conversation that some may find interesting:
