I put Zeitoun down after the last post and did some other things. Eventually I picked it back up later in the day. Armed men (it turned out there was a woman too) were breaking into the front door at Zeitoun's rental property in flooded New Orleans j... »
Anchorage's returned Peace Corps Volunteers had a potluck to send off three Alaskans on their coming Peace Corps assignments. Michael Bardwell is headed for Mongolia at the end of the month. He'll be teaching English there.Becky Roberts is headed fo... »
Some quakes you wonder about - "Was that a quake?"Not this one. The room jerked hard as if startled. And then it was over, maybe a few seconds. No damage here, but it definitely got our attention.[I changed the title from 4.8 to 4.6. The original U... »
"For a decision-making or policy making body, the Open Meetings Act defines a meeting to be: a gathering of members of a governmental body when . . . more than three members or a majority of the members, whichever is less, are present, [and] a matter u »
I had to bike to Central Plumbing on International Road Monday and since the sidewalk on International is more theoretical than real I decided to go exploring down side streets on the way back.I immediately discovered Restore - the Habitat for Humanity... »
I was recently thinking about doing some posts on the fate of the best movies that have been at the Anchorage International Film Festival. Whatever happened to them? Did they fade away? Did they get audiences?Today I saw this New York Times article ... »
A Dittman poll predicted 50% for and 41% against Prop. 5 a week before the April 3 Anchorage Municipal election. The actual outcome was 58% no and 42% for - an 17% switch in the 'no' votes.That seemed like a huge switch in a week. Polling has gotten ... »
Essentially they met in executive session to discuss litigation and then in open session they moved:1. To appeal the Superior Court decision to the Supreme Court2. Authorize the attorney to submit the Interim plan for adoption.This is quick and dirty... »
The Assembly chair has said he will appoint an investigator to review the April 3, 2012 Anchorage Municipal election. A number of people have gathered data. None of it proves anything. But there are lots of anomalies, which taken altogether call out... »
Recent Email:Hello,I found your email address on your blog... and I found your blog because I've been searching bird song in Thailand for about two hours and I narrowed my search to trying to order Tony Ball's CD from a company in Holland that won't ac... »
Wednesday night I went to the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the Alaska Quarterly Review. The new volume includes a remembrance of the two stellar photojournalists who died in Libya Tim Hetherington, and Chris Hondros almost exactly one year ago. An... »
When people talk about white males having all the power, for many white males it just doesn't ring true. They don't feel powerful. Their wives frustrate them constantly and their children don't listen to them. And at work there are all sorts of people ... »
"The president opened the meeting with small talk and then, in typical fashion, turned raconteur, entertaining his audience with political anecdote. To Roosevelt it seemed so natural that everyone should be fond of hearing his charming stories that he... »
Brandon Demery Curtain Call[The Nitty Gritty: Yes the title was meant to get your attention, but it's also accurate. "I Am My Own Wife" is one more truly amazing performance at Out North. A Pulitzer and Tony winning play about a most unusual charact... »
People spend good money to go into Imax theaters to see huge images of the natural world. But even people sitting in window seats often ignore the spectacular sights outside their windows. Juneau to Anchorage on a clear day like today makes a regular a... »
