Day June 23, 2007

Brave New Peace?

From John Robb, author of Brave New War Working on the ideas for a second book (in the proposal stage) on superempowered individuals and their ability change things for the better. It picks up on the last section of BNW…

Who would have EVER thought they’d do that?

The operational commander of US troops in Baquba says 80% of top al-Qaeda leaders left the city before the attack commenced. He calls this cowardice, apparently clueless of that basic tactic of guerrilla warfare, “when the enemy attacks, retreat.” Perhaps…

Not deer ticks. Aphids

Photo taken in our backyard. Deer ticks crawl up plants, wait for something mammalian to pass by, hop on for a free ride and start munching. There were hundreds of them. Did I mention they are carriers of Lyme disease?…