Following - 0
- No current results.
jrberg's Profile
Groups: WYFP?
Diaries published: 13 (148 days since last diary on Wed Jul 12, 2023 at 09:24 PM PDT)
Comments posted: 213 (97 days since last comment on Fri Sep 01, 2023 at 09:28 PM PDT)
Diary frequency: seldom
Comment frequency: often
Total Recommends: 27
Total Comment Ratings: 0
Most Recommended Diary: Elon may have killed another customer, 373 comments, 383 recommends
People Following jrberg: 7
jrberg's Most Frequent Tags:
jrberg's Most Recent Diaries:
|
I was struck today by the juxtaposition of these two stories right next to one another on DKos. The one involving a very small man who would be Emperor, and the other detailing a huge achievement by a NASA team. There is no comparison between these...
by jrberg
 5 comments
on Wed Jul 12, 2023 at 09:24 PM PDT
with 8 Recommends
|
|
My father, a Navy Chief Petty Officer, was transferred to Barber’s Point Naval Air Station (Oahu) in 1957. A few months later, the rest of the family flew out to join him, although not without a few mishaps along the way. This was the second time we...
by jrberg
14 comments
on Sun Jul 02, 2023 at 10:10 AM PDT
with 39 Recommends
|
|
Another Tesla driver was killed in San Jose today. The Tesla ran into a fire truck with flashing lights blocking a lane on a freeway. The story is here. No one knows whether the Tesla was in self driving mode, but most aware drivers would have seen...
by jrberg
373 comments
on Sat Feb 18, 2023 at 07:19 PM PST
with 383 Recommends
|
|
Davis, CA, is a town near Sacramento that I refer to as a “small Midwestern college town that happens to be in the center of California.” �It’s a wonderful place to live, with all the benefits ...
by jrberg
16 comments
on Sat Feb 04, 2023 at 04:57 PM PST
with 33 Recommends
|
|
This past weekend, I volunteered to be an amateur radio operator at a bike ride, as I have done for over two decades. We operate as the eyes and ears of the ride, monitoring activity at the rest stops, and having a number of “sag” drivers on the road...
by jrberg
6 comments
on Sun Oct 16, 2022 at 08:32 PM PDT
with 15 Recommends
|
|
In January, 1957, I contracted acute Glomerulonephritis, an autoimmune kidney failure that could have killed me. I spent 2 weeks at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland, CA, during which time I watched the much younger patient across the hall from me...
by jrberg
55 comments
on Mon Aug 08, 2022 at 08:10 AM PDT
with 238 Recommends
|
Recommended by jrberg
- Probably the most disappointing thing about the Trump era is the way it proves we’ll never figure out time travel. Think about it, you wouldn’t’ve been able to step outside for a gas station hot dog in 2016 without encountering a dozen wild-eyed dudes...77 comments 423 Recs
- This is about 50 minutes old.19 comments 30 Recs
- (Note. This is a very long post with a lot of pictures. You were warned.) This is my bike. Well, it’s one of my bikes. You see, after I built this one I kind of got hooked on building bikes. Fortunately I have a wife that indulges my bike habit. Odds...47 comments 110 Recs
- When I was first hired at the university as a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer, I was expected to conduct and publish new research on biological control, teach occasional classes, and monitor college and graduate students through their projects....17 comments 26 Recs
- SACRAMENTO, CA — As oil well permit approvals skyrocket in California, more than 100 scientists sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom on June 12 urging him to stop new and reworked oil and gas permit approvals, especially in and near neighborhoods. In...5 comments 24 Recs
- In order to understand this essay you may need some translation assistance unless you have a Maple Leaf tattooed on your butt (I am admitting nothing). I want you to imagine an American High School Football Field. It needs to be one with a track around...58 comments 79 Recs
- This is a quick(?) diary as follow-up / expansion / response to yesterday’s concise, well-written high profile diary, “Elon may have killed another customer”. I generally agree with the diarist’s main messages. In particular, this part of the closing...55 comments 31 Recs
- Dear friends and others, I lost my beautiful Joy on Tuesday following a cardiac arrest two days before. For those in our tight DK Asheville community, I hope you remember her fondly, and keep me close as I grapple with a fifty-four-year block of loving...235 comments 623 Recs
- Apparently Trump’s legal team gets paid by the pound from his moving bowels. Trump has asked an appeals court to revive his lawsuit against Twitter that challenged his permanent suspension from the social platform after his supporters attacked the...8 comments 19 Recs
- “Oh we, like sheep, have gone astray, -ay” “Every one to his own way.” — Handel’s Messiah This holiday season, Americans can give thanks that our democracy seems to have survived, if only temporarily, and if only by the skin of its teeth. But where are...384 comments 377 Recs
jrberg's Tags
- No current results.
