Jan
17
2010
I am just… stunned. Sharks Killed for Oil Used in Swine Flu Vaccine Vaccines being made to protect people from swine flu may not be so healthy for threatened species of sharks. That’s because millions of doses of the pandemic H1N1/09 vaccine contain a substance called squalene, which is extracted from shark livers. (Get more [...]
Tags: adjuvant, H1N1, Holding Forth, shark liver oil squalene, sharks, squalene, Swine flu, Ted Koren
Feb
15
2008
OK folks, I am losing my sense of humor here. I can’t even come up with good metaphors or puns or similies or anything. San Quentin’s Raw Sewage Leaks Into SF Bay SAN QUENTIN (CBS 5 / AP / BCN) ? Authorities in Marin County tested the waters in San Francisco Bay Thursday after an [...]
Tags: Environment, Holding Forth, San Francisco Bay
Feb
02
2008
I am beginning to believe that it might actually be more dangerous to live on the water. My pal F just sent me this. We’re still seeing tar balls and slicks from the Nov. 7 oil spill. And the marine life has definitely not recovered. And now, sickened by that, they’re having to contend with [...]
Tags: Environment, Holding Forth, San Francisco Bay
Jun
08
2007
You start out the process of divesting of your worldly goods with the best of intentions, you surely do. During the long, slow, horrid months of boat shopping, Jason and I strategized about what to get rid of, what mattered to us, what had to stay on land, what was safe to bring aboard with [...]
Tags: Holding Forth, Moving Aboard
May
19
2007
Here we go! I wrote this right after Strictly Sail, which I’ve ranted about on this blog already. Here’s more of our experiences there, from an unschooling perspective. http://lifewithoutschool.typepad.com/lifewithoutschool/2007/05/assumptions.html
Tags: Blog, Boat Shows, Holding Forth, Rowan
Apr
22
2007
As I mentioned in the last post, the Strictly Sail Pacific show was this last weekend. We ended up going Thursday and Friday, and when all was said and done, it was… informative. No, really. I managed to get a whole post for one of my other blogs, Life Without School, based on some of [...]
Tags: Boat Shows, Education, Holding Forth
Apr
16
2007
I cannot help myself; I start blogging, I need to start tirades as well. It’s just how I’m built. So… the Strictly Sail Pacific show is this weekend, and Jason and Marc and I are figuring out what seminars to attend. Digging through the listings to see what fits our interests, and what we can [...]
Tags: Boat Shows, Holding Forth, Sailing