oh, and the software that runs any type of vote-counting machines should be open source. every part of an election should be open to public examination.
Dinah has some great actions that we should take as a country based on lessons learned from this historic election debacle. I agree with all of them, especially proportional electoral votes. (proportional representation in general provides for a stronger republic through greater representation of diverse ideas.) I would also add instant run-off voting to her list.
It's like this:
There's this bird
And you catch it in your hands
You feel its softness, warmth, its heart
rapidly beating
But if you keep holding it it's no
longer a bird
So you open your hands
(Catch it and let it go
again and again)
There's this bird
And you catch it in your hands
You feel its softness, warmth, its heart
rapidly beating
But if you keep holding it it's no
longer a bird
So you open your hands
(Catch it and let it go
again and again)
- Wendy Lewis
Yesterday I was absorbed by Roadside Geology of Northern and Central California. I couldn't stop reading it. I wonder if I should have studied geology in college instead of journalism. (though I struggled through my meteorology class, which is an ology. [too much math.]) Some of the book was concerned with The Big One. Word on the street is that you want to live somewhere above bedrock or franciscan rock as opposed to unconsolidated sand, gravel, and sediment. (like San Jose.) I think the most interesting part of the book was learning more about places I've been: the formation of various features around Lassen, the Klamath Mountains (mt. shasta may be an active volcano!), and Bodega Head (which has made the long journey up the coast starting near Mexico). So yeah, interesting book. ;)
At one point yesterday, we ran into a guy on a four-wheeler. It was a little strange to hear an engine cutting through the complete silence of pt. reyes. He said, "Where are you coming from?" Kay pointed a direction, and said "the trailhead." He continued, "I'm lost on 3,000 acres of farm land." A little while later, he ended up on our trail passing us. There were some very narrow parts of the trail that didn't look wide enough for a vehicle. I hope he made it home ok.
matt, kay, skp, and I went hiking at Point Reyes yesterday. I haven't been hiking for a few months...and today my muscles are letting me know that nine miles was too much. As usual, I took some pictures. It was a dreary looking day, but it was great to be outside for a while. I don't have the 35mm pictures developed yet, though, they'll be coming soon.
If you go by the frequency of their appearance on TV, Dirty Dancing and The Breakfast Club are the two most popular movies of all time.
The flowers whirl away
In the wind like snow.
The thing that falls away
Is myself.
In the wind like snow.
The thing that falls away
Is myself.
- The Prime Minister Kintsune
This has personally been a bad, bad week. But I'm learning things that I wouldn't have otherwise. And that's all I'm saying about that. augmentation by and by.