All the Pages Are My Days - the first 12 years
the (archived) online world of Mike Rodriquez 2002-2012
While some fear that the events of December 7th, a day that will live in infamy, are in danger of being losts to the mists of time, I think that such fading and moving on is a natural part of the cycle of life. While it’s important to honor our nation’s history, the fact is … Read more
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In … Read more
Mikhail Gorbachev spent the day in Lindsborg today as part of the international Chess for Peace* initiative. Mr. Gorbachev attended the Chess Parade in the morning, held a press conference in the early afternoon, and made a few other appearances around town, notably at a chess match between Anatoly Karpov and Susan Polgar and concluding … Read more
Today there have been reports of extremely bad traffic leaving the Houston area as folks try to evacuate in advance of hurricane Rita. The visuals on TV show mile after mile of stop and go traffic, and one report said there was gridlock for a 100 mile stretch of highway. I’ve seen a traffic jam … Read more
It’s the beginning of the school year, and that means it’s time for the annual Beloit College Student Mindset List. An annual list compiled for the past 8 years, it presents a set of facts that incoming freshmen have always known or taken for granted. The guide is intended to help raise the awareness of … Read more
60 years ago the most horrific weapon known to man, the nuclear bomb, was used against the Japanese city of Nagasaki. The cost, in terms of civilian lives lost as a result of using such a weapon, was weighed against the likely much higher number of lives that would be lost in a ground battle … Read more
Today, the 36th anniversary of man’s first walk on the moon, is starting to be celebrated as the informal holiday known as Moon Day. This year, to help celebrate, a couple of Google’s brightest, also known as the Moon Children, released a fine addition to Google’s new online map service: Google Moon. Moon children? That’s … Read more
Here’s a behind the scenes look at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Saved by Science is the name of an exhibition of photographs taken in the storage areas of the museum. Justine Cooper’s rich collection of fine photographs are fascinating and at times mildly disturbing as they reveal the realities … Read more
Out for a drive late yesterday afternoon, Richard Thompson’s song, Vincent Black Lightning, started playing. It was just another song brought to us by iPod’s random song selector. Now, we’ve listened to this song at various times while driving across the country, and never really spoke about it. Yesterday, however, I suddenly felt it important … Read more
This is just a quick note to let folks know that I’ve updated my California Mudslide posting with a new aerial photo of the area. Taken by Doc, the photo shows the entire town and the hillside behind it. What happened almost appears inevitable after seeing the image of the mudslide from the air.