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Posted on July 29, 2010 by admin

Latest Posts to Summitlake.com: Excerpts below announce posts anywhere on our site. Click a hyperlink in the announcement’s text to read the entire post. HOME page announcements do not point to posts in other departments, so they usually just have the link to the full post in their title.

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The New York Times Crosswords

Posted on September 2, 2010 by admin

This is about crossword puzzles and people who do them. We specialize in making molehills out of mountains. If you find this article interesting, there’s probably no hope for you either. Article in My Notes.

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Banned Books Week

Posted on September 1, 2010 by admin

Remember “1984″ and “Animal Farm”? They’re banned in some American schools. In fact, a partial listing includes most of my required reading for our high school classes in the early 1960′s. List, links and article in Commentary.

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Mr. Tomato Head

Posted on August 29, 2010 by admin

New photo from Swan, who writes: “Mr. Tomato Head” See post for images. In PHOTOS.

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Driving the Sonoran Desert

Posted on August 22, 2010 by admin

I’ve heard many people remark that driving the desert is boring. To me, the main highlight of a drive to or from Phoenix is the Sonoran Desert. This vast area of sand was once a shallow inland sea. It’s essentially flat, with little islands of rock and rubble poking through here and there. Or, so it’s easy to imagine, driving the desert between Phoenix and the Colorado River … article, accompanying the previous PHOTOS post, in Writing.

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Sonoran Desert

Posted on August 22, 2010 by admin

New photo from Alex, who says: “This is a favorite view westbound from Phoenix, shot in early morning light.” See post for images. In PHOTOS.

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More “Remember When?”

Posted on August 21, 2010 by admin

“Trees actually grew wild all over the place — before we all had to go out and buy them at Orchard Supply.” — article in My Notes.

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Very Arizona

Posted on August 8, 2010 by admin

“It is not only the Arizona that you and I know about” … new poem by Fred Leeds. In Writing.

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Pluto, Once and Future Planet

Posted on August 6, 2010 by admin

In modern parlance, Pluto “is what it is”. The semantic lexicon of astrophysics does need to be redefined with expansion of the knowledge base, of course, but the objects being described don’t change a bit. Read the article in Astronomy.

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All in A Day’s Work

Posted on August 6, 2010 by admin

Observations about spam, economic news, History Channel, and our “Mute Awards 2010″. Read the post, in My Notes.

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Perry v. Schwarzenegger: Prop 8 Shot Down

Posted on August 4, 2010 by admin

“Having considered the trial evidence and the arguments of counsel, the court pursuant to FRCP 52(a) finds that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional and that its enforcement must be enjoined.” — District Judge Vaughn Walker of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. News and analysis in La Parola.

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