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April 2006 Archives

SunTunes - 2006-04-23
Hot damn, I love the sun. It gives us light, Vitamin D, and is the world's foremost nuclear power no matter what Iran and the US do to each other. Now it's music to my ears.

Hopkins Hears a Hu - 2006-04-18
Man, I missed China. I missed delicious dumplings, eye-popping neon signs, and bombastic speeches. I especially missed the speeches. Halfway between high school coach and preschool teacher, Chinese bureaucrats have a flair for the sentimental as motivation. Last week in England, I refueled my reservoir of rhetoric.

Hose Water is it, Anyway? - 2006-04-17
England isn't generally thought of for its dearth of H2O. But as I watched a spokesman for Thames Water interviewed on the anomalous beach of a Sussex reservoir, I knew the land must be thirsty.

Gasoline Soars Ahead Holiday Weekend - 2006-04-14
With the holiday weekend upon us, retail gasoline prices are soaring across the nation as the crude oil market prices increase dramatically.

Beatrice the Bellwether - 2006-04-11
Scotland is in transition. A recently instituted smoking ban finds Edinburgh bars emanating stale sweat and baked potato essence instead of the pleasant-by-comparison nicotine stench. Meanwhile in the hills and off the shores, the Scottish energy indust

Truth And Consequence - 2006-04-06
It's interesting how $60 oil has gone so gently into this good night. Even though prices have eased, the consumer has accepted this new paradigm, like so much else, without much thought.

In a Hand Basket - 2006-04-03
The clock is ticking. Last week the UN Security Council told Iran it had 30 days to halt its uranium enrichment endeavor. If the country refuses to cordially roll over to meet the demands by the time the clock runs out...well...the UN will be forced to.