http://www.blogigo.co.uk/keithglenn That's the world from my perspective - with a free weblog from blogigo. en keithglenn keithglenn Sun, 05 Mar 2006 08:08:58 +0100 daily 1 History is the record of what has happened in human affairs, which we track through written records, artifacts or individual stories. Part of the fun of history is finding out why things happened the way they did — and sometimes why things didn’t happen the way they might have.   Sun, 05 Mar 2006 08:08:58 +0100 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/keithglenn/A-Thought-About-History/8/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/keithglenn/A-Thought-About-History/8/ In a couple of days everyone will gather at our house for dinner. This year we are having both turkey and beef. Depending on the number who show up will depend the amount of leftovers. Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:14:52 +0100 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/keithglenn/Nearly-Thanksgiving/7/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/keithglenn/Nearly-Thanksgiving/7/ Well, I'm back. Truthfully I forgot about this blog. Since the last time here I celebrated with Patsy our 50th year of marriage and yesterday, I reached age 76. C & H Sugar has again changed ownership. It is now owned by the Fanjul interests. The bought Domino from Tate and Lyle. But the refining of cane sugar will continue. Enough for now.   Mon, 22 Aug 2005 06:22:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/keithglenn/Return-of-the-Wanderer/6/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/keithglenn/Return-of-the-Wanderer/6/ It seems to me that the attitude toward the conflict and its results are approaching that expressed about the War Between the States: "Sunday a solider of Company A died and was buried. Everything went on as if nothing had happened, for death is so common that little sentiment is wasted.  It is not like death at home." -Elisha Hunt Rhodes, 1863 Thu, 12 May 2005 20:11:08 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/keithglenn/Death-in-Iraq/5/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/keithglenn/Death-in-Iraq/5/ While I generally agree with the position of the Church, in this case I think they ought not to tie their "friend of the court" filing to the US Controlled Substance Act. MD's often are reluctant to prescribe sufficient medications to relieve pain. This only makes it worse. U.S. Bishops File Brief in Assisted Suicide Case Supreme Court to Rule on Oregon Lawsuit Zenit WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 10, 2005 (Zenit.org).- The U.S. bishops asked the Supreme Court to uphold the attorney general's interpretation of the Controlled Substances Act when deciding an assisted suicide case next term. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed today, the bishops, in conjunction with other religious organizations, requested that the court consider the conclusions of the office of the attorney general that found that assisted suicide is not a legitimate medical practice under the Controlled Substances Act. This interpretation was struck down by a Ninth Circuit court decision in the case Gonzales v. State of... Wed, 11 May 2005 01:09:11 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/keithglenn/Right-to-Die-Law-in-Oregon/4/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/keithglenn/Right-to-Die-Law-in-Oregon/4/ OF course I can't take credit for Pink Floyd's words, but I like them. Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way. ...You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today And then one day you find ten years have got behind you. ...Every year is getting shorter; never seem to find the time... -- "Time" from The Dark Side of the Moon: Pink Floyd Thu, 05 May 2005 03:26:15 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/keithglenn/More-Wondering-About-Time/3/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/keithglenn/More-Wondering-About-Time/3/ Hardly original with me..... Problems of Time Perception It's common knowledge that our perception of the passage of time can be influenced by psychological factors: time flies when we're busy, but really drags when we're waiting. (Stare at a clock and wait for a minute to pass. Or wait for the commercials to end, or for Windows to load!) These are generally short term experiences, but what of long periods of time such as years? Is there something other than transient psychological factors affecting our time perception? We usually think about the years of our lives in terms of decades: our teens, twenties, thirties, etc. This is an implicitly linear view: that all our years are equal; that clock time is our time, through which we move at a uniform pace. Sun, 01 May 2005 05:56:56 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/keithglenn/Thoughts-About-Time/2/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/keithglenn/Thoughts-About-Time/2/ Great Spirit of the West, the land of the setting Sun, with Your soaring mountains and free, wide rolling prairies, bless us with knowledge of the peace which follows effort of striving and the freedom which emits like a flowing robe in the winds of a well-lived life. Teach us that the end is better than the beginning and that the setting sun is glorious and our lives not lived in vain. Sat, 30 Apr 2005 05:55:40 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/keithglenn/At-Home-in-Crockett/1/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/keithglenn/At-Home-in-Crockett/1/