This is a really good visualization of the theory of income inequality, as expounded in Thomas Piketty's best-selling book Capital in the 21st Century. But you don't have to read the book to get it! All you have to do is watch the infographic. From — of all places! — the Wall Street Journal.
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Save the groundfish: the great Sand Dab supper
It's rare to see a professional cook write an op-ed for a newspaper such as the Los Angeles Times, but Kelly Whitaker makes a plea for a fishery which I second from the bottom of my heart. I have made sand dabs for supper countless times because yes, they're irresistible. Please don't let them go away. Help these fishContinue reading “Save the groundfish: the great Sand Dab supper”
Why I didn’t ask for company on section e of the PCT
From what I had seen of the Antelope Valley, I feared it would look something like this: Which it did.
Joys and sorrows of section e of the PCT: November 2014
Every section of the Pacific Crest Trail has its joys and sorrows, its highpoints and its lowpoints, but section e, jeez. Not a lot of highlights, unless you count the industrial: Which I don't. Or unless you count camping by the Los Angeles Aqueduct, built back in the l920's by the famous/infamous William Mulholland/Noah Cross. Continue reading “Joys and sorrows of section e of the PCT: November 2014”
NASA vs. NOAA: battle of the winter forecast charts
The headline exaggerates, of course, but doesn't in fact mislead. Here's a graph of a NASA climate model, depicting a forecast of precipitation in the U.S. for the next winter. Colors tell the story. In truth, it's a little hard to decode the anomalies chart, but this turns out to be just one of eightContinue reading “NASA vs. NOAA: battle of the winter forecast charts”
Just another sunset over the Mojave: PCT mile 674
From a lovely campsite at the end of a long hot day on the PCT, Section G, through the dry dry region north of Walker Pass, looking south towards the Mojave desert. Here we see the twilight wedge effect (that a meterologist reader explained to me years ago). I'm a total sucker for it.
El Nino — the Lazarus of 2014?
At the last minute for an El Nino this year, a Kelvin wave rises from the data:
Funniest tweet ever: Global warming edition
One of the funniest tweets of all time, according to one semi-disreputable media outlet, is about climate change. #13, to be precise. From Playboy.
For 3000th post, free tangerine candy!
This is my 3000th post on this blog, and to commemorate the occasion and thank readers for their interest, I'd like to give away some top-notch Page tangerines, air dried by yours truly, which IMHO are the best trail treats ever. Better even than chocolate, beause a) they don't melt, b) they're lighter, and c)Continue reading “For 3000th post, free tangerine candy!”
Neil Young versus Crosby Stills and Nash: the Doom tour
Here’s an example of a forgotten little classic from that l974 tour, with Stills playing a countryish piano cunterpart, from the last performance on the road in Wembley England.
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