Born a 10th generation Oregonian, (5 generations on each side) I have an enthusiasm for learning and teaching new things. After a ten year mini career in the dental field I moved on to research and embraced the social web. Though the internet is far too large for any one person to claim to be an expert, I can hold my own with the latest trends.
I enjoy researching and writing blogs. As the "Internet Program Director" for myMotherLode.com since 2008, I update the website and have a wide variety of interests. There is always something entertaining, educational or inspirational to share.
According to 18th-century abolitionist William Wilberforce, “We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible… So we will do them, anyway.”
On the economy, the markets and the politically unstable world we’re living in, former Goldman Sachs Chairman Lloyd Blankfein says, ”It’s never as bad as your worst fears or as good as your best hopes.”
Why is Tuolumne County wasting staff time and taxpayer money pursuing their so-called Climate Action Plan when it will make no difference? The General Plan should never have required it despite pressure from the State. There are already so many items crying for attention that actually impact their constituents and the local environment: homelessness, that has proven to be detrimental with trash, waste and fire danger; public safety that lacks the funding to pursue illegal pot farms and meth labs that also have a negative environmental impact; and roads, that quite simply are failing. These are the issues that the Board of Supervisors should be holding special meetings on.
French mathematician Andre’ Weil once noted that “The first-rate man will try to surround himself with his equals, or better if possible. The second-rate man will surround himself with third-rate men. And the third-rate man will surround himself with fifth-rate men.”
Historian and author Russell Lynes advised us that “The only graceful way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can’t ignore it, top it; if you can’t top it, laugh at it; if you can’t laugh at it, it’s probably deserved.”
A recent assessment from 2019 to 2022 of 8th grade skills in the basics of education, shows a decline of 26% in math skills and a drop of 31% in reading proficiency. Being unable to read at grade level means that all other learning will suffer as well.
