LDS in No Man's Land?
06 Feb 2023
Listen to the Cuban Exiles
03 Feb 2023
Picto Diary - 23 - 31 January 2023 - Caleb Chapman Soundhouse 25th Anniversary Concert
Caleb Chapman Soundhouse 25th Anniversary Concert. Crescent Super Band. Drums at kit. David Paich, of Toto, at piano. Toto's Africa. "I bless the rains down in Africa..."
31 Jan 2023
"The Mandarins" by Simone de Beauvoir
Reading this book isn't so much like reading as taking part in a myriad of simultaneous conversations as the characters argue, debate, fall in and out of love, drink champagne in cellar bars, and go dancing till the early hours of the Paris morning.
27 Jan 2023
Modern Art Sucks
23 Jan 2023
Which way? Peron/Biden or DJT?
22 Jan 2023
2023 - Antarctica Bound
Antarctica Bound
Picto Diary - 22 January 2023 - Buenos Aires LDS Temple
Seeing a strong LDS symbol overseas, such as this temple, helps me appreciate that LDS leaders have more to consider than just the US when dealing with government policy controversies.
LDS and Free Agency (From Argentina)
21 Jan 2023
Picto Diary - 21 January 2023 - Buenos Aires Bonus Day
Two kinds of populism. The Peron model: Vote Socialism, tax the producers, redistribute the taxes to a surfeit of crony, unproductive government workers and the abundant poor. The Trump model: Undo the creeping Peronist Socialism advancing rapidly in the US. Uphill climb for DJT and his followers as it appears that a majority of Americans prefer the Peron/Biden populist model.
Picto Diary - 18, 19, 20 January 2023 - The Restive Drake Passage Redux
Three or four days of these types of seas is the cost you have to pay crossing the Drake to see Antarctica.
20 Jan 2023
Picto Diary - 17 January 2023 - Antarctic Continental Rift
Celebrate Elon Musk seeking to hedge humanity extinction bets by populating a nearby planet.
17 Jan 2023
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