Agriculture is one of our most important endeavours

Good advice on identify career options... read it if you are wondering what sort of work you might like to do

Observations on Oregon's proposed Universal Health Plan (a state run health care system) proposed to start in 2027. This summary created both from Plan documents and AI summaries. One significant issue with the Oregon Universal Health Plan proposal is its impact on Medicare

The CDC and Covid-19 vaccinations are in the news. My state announced it will establish its own guidelines/requirements on vaccines. But it may not matter as the data shows very few people getting Covid vaccinations in 2024. In 2024, according to the CDC, about 10% of OR

Oregon: The State is proposing to raise taxes by a lot to fund transportation, including higher gas tax, by-the-mile fees, registration fees and a doubling of the payroll tax, which mostly funds Trimet. Trimet has lost A LOT of riders since 2019. WES (rail) is largely

Hawaii joins west coast states in vaccine policy alliance. 15% of Hawaiian adults took a Covid vaccine shot in 2024 per CDC data. Less than 4% of Hawaiian children age 6 months to 17 took a Covid shot in 2024. oregonlive.com/health/2025/09… CDC data: cdc.gov/covidvaxview/w…

Sharp rise in electricity prices starting about 2021/22. Is this due to AI data center demand? fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000… Average Price: Electricity per Kilowatt-Hour in U.S. City Average (APU000072610) | FRED | St. Louis Fed

The University of Oregon punished a student who found an information security problem at the university and reported it to the university twice - then adopted a policy that discourages anyone else who finds security lapses from reporting those to officials. Brilliant IT

Saw a news story today about "tiny homes". Turns out the market for tiny homes is, in fact, super tiny! Less than 0.01% of homes in the country are estimated to be tiny homes. By comparison, there are almost 7 million - or 5% of homes - that are mobile/manufactured homes. The

The media is going crazy on CDC Covid recommendations. We are all going to die! But - in 2024/25 season, per the CDC's own data, 10% of kids up thru age 17 had a Covid vax shot, 13% of adults age 18-49, 20% of those age 50-64, and about 48% of those 65+. I was surprised that

Wow. $100k for a wedding? I'm one of those spoiled boomers who worked part time from age 10 onward (really), didn't graduate from high school (but did go on to get a BS, MS, MBA - 100% paid for myself despite having had a major skull fracture). My wife and I were married in her

Funny! And true!