H Paul Garland

- There is an excellent CLL Support Group on the internet hosted by ACOR. Normally I just glance through it each day the then click on delet...

- I heard a neat quote on the radio today: - "He who gives the gold makes the rules." - My guess is that in the 21st century Ameri...

- The weather here in El Paso, Texas USA is not nice today. - It is 7 degrees Centigrade (45 F) and it is raining fairly agressively. The ki...

This is a little short video of my dog Inu. He is walking around/sniffing the creosote bushes in the Chihuahua desert on the outskirts of El...

- - The weather in El Paso, Texas USA is drop dead gorgeous today. About 18-19 degrees Centigrade, a light breeze, and not a cloud in the ...

- The BBC today reported on a UCLA study that found drinking one 8 oz glass of pomegranate juice (punica granatum) per day can greatly slow ...

- I looked out the front storm door this afternoon to see a feast going on. - The black birds have figured out how to find the grubs in my l...

- Hillary Clinton has brought out all the heavy hitters since Obama has Oprah Winfrey helping him. - Senator Clinton has her daughter Chelse...

- This interrogation techinique is torture. No doubt about it. Just look up the history of its use. - - The following is from Wikipedia: - I...

There is a section of the Natural History Museum in London called The Vault. It is a display of lot of precious minerals. - - - ------------...

- The CIA has destroyed some video tapes showing prisoners being interrogated using extreme means. Some would say the CIA guys were using to...

- On lots of issues one would classify me as liberal, or somewhat left wing, or as my partner in Europe used to say, a Friggin Commie. Liber...

- The wonderfully intelligent and funny Scottish comedian Billy Connolly kind of uses that as his trademark: Too Old To Die Young - Neat phr...

Me and the little doggie had a nice walk this morning. ---- -- ( click on the pictures and they will enlarge) The Garmin wristwatch GPS I wa...

Imagine that you are a member of the board of directors. It is your job to decide which person will get the job as the new chief executive o...

- Living in Holland I had a Toyota Prius, a Vespa scooter, and a full size bicycle with a 30 cc Help Motor. It was made by a German company ...

- Yesterday I posted a blog entry in which I described how I feel about organized religion in general, and some particular religions specifi...

Over the weekend the El Paso Mineral and Gem Society held its annual gem and mineral show. I am a member of this group and really enjoy bein...

- USA Today reported today that: - WASHINGTON (AP) — Like a ticking time bomb, the national debt is an explosion waiting to happen. It's...

The 54 year old British teacher Gillian Gibbons who was teaching in Sudan was accused, arrested, convicted, and jailed because she permitted...