Detritus of Empire

Wandering unsupervised in various real and imaginary places. Detritus reflects my interests in robotics, travel, history and the odder aspects of the world around me.

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Friday, March 30, 2012

Can't Miss Lottery Numbers

I suppose everyone has their Lottery Dream, a happy script they could write for their life if only they got the right numbers and won an uni...

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

More Trees-Graves of the Lumber Jacks and Jills

One town I work in used to be a major logging center. I figured for sure the cemetery there would have some interesting "tree tombston...

Monday, March 26, 2012

That time we got robbed.

The current news cycle is, once again, full of a tragic story. A young person of one ethnic background was shot and killed by a young p...

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Middle School Robotics Project-Chapter Five

We have one session left, and I hope to use that mostly for test driving. All components have been built, successfully tested, and in one o...

Friday, March 23, 2012

3-23-2012

One year of blogging. There are few things more annoying than folks who proclaim with no subtlety that it is their birthday. What? You w...

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

God and Dog

Luna Schlosser : Miles, do you know that "God" spelled backwards is "dog"? Thus said the ditzy Dianne Keaton character...

Monday, March 19, 2012

"The Faith of Fifty Million People"*

Baseball fans, I mean serious fans, are not the easiest folks to fool. We are trained to look for the subtle things, the things that make b...

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About Me

Tacitus: Having over the many years of my medical career seen too many hard working folks post pone retirement and tip over shortly after their farewell party I have adopted a Carpe Diem policy. Retire at 60. And don't let 'em throw you a party. Its working so far.

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