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The joys of already KNOWING
Morning blogsters: Around 1969, I was in a freshman Geology course at the University of Texas, first week of classes. The instructor was a grad student teaching assistant who began the course with an overlay of how geologists determine the age of a particular layer of deposition. Along about the third day a kid who d been sitting next to me raised his hand. I d noticed him squirming from the first day, and now he just had to get whatever was bothering him off h...
Nov 5, 2005, 9:33 am - Rip Snorter

Mexico tomorrow
Every few months I make a trip to Mexico for some medications I take daily, because they re dirt cheap down there compared to getting them in a pharmacy here. Prislosec use to run me $3 per tablet here and I was taking a couple per day. In Palomas, Mexico, they cost about 75 cents per tab. Now that it s over-the-counter here they re about a quarter per tab, compared to a buck here. So it s time to run down there again. I like Palomas because it s a tiny...
Sep 8, 2005, 12:25 am - Rip Snorter

Long days journey into night - Mel King
If I ever write another book, Mel King will have to occupy a few chapters of it. I ve mentioned him a few times on this blog, but mostly, I ve not been able to write much about him at all. I m still digesting what happened to him....
Aug 25, 2005, 11:47 pm - Rip Snorter

"Clearing Deep Throat"
Found the following commentary on PowerLineBlog.com which lead to a clarification of the altruistic motives of Felt. Article at bottom .. bold blue underlined print is live links....
Jun 7, 2005, 9:55 am - konane

Gamblers, gambling and risk taking
Saturday a recently acquired friend and I revisited one of the sites I spent a lot of time puzzling over during the Lost Adams Diggings saga. The place was the focus of the 98 search (...
May 17, 2005, 11:02 am - Rip Snorter

The courage not to believe
And the courage to believe. I've been thinking a lot lately about Alonzo Wright, maybe the real name of the man who calls himself BigLoooser....
Apr 13, 2005, 11:33 am - Rip Snorter