Category Archives: Just sayin’

Odds and ends and naughty and flighty and off the cuff and otherwise uncategorized

N07h1ng 15 51mpl3

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Ed Medley

I just learned yet again: Nothing is Simple. Or in leetspeak: N07h1ng 15 51mpl3. (Leetspeak is short for “elite speak”: communication where a letters replace numbers or other characters. e.g.: “leet” in leetspeak is 1337). But “N07h1ng 15 51mpl3″ is perhaps … Continue reading →

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+1

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Ed Medley

A positive (+) look on life this morning: +1 = 1 year since my last post (50/20) which celebrated two important events – the most important being my 20th wedding anniversary.

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50/20

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Ed Medley

50 years ago today John F. Kennedy challenged America to put a man on the moon within a decade. (Yes, I know: a man). And in 1969 it came to be, with a Giant Step for Mankind (Yes, I know. … Continue reading →

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oozing hillsides

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Ed Medley

Today’s San Francisco Chronicle newspaper had a story on hillside failures in the San Francisco Bay town of Hercules: “Oozing Hillside Imperils Home“.  ”Oozing hillside” is a poetic way to describe “landslide”. Even more poetic is the explanation given by the … Continue reading →

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Motley View: Engineering Geology as a Vital Phase in the GeoSpectrum

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Ed Medley

I have written and lectured often on the GeoSpectrum of professionals, spanning Engineering through Geology. Recently, I wrote an invited Editor’s Commentary (Engineering Geology- A Vital Phase of GeoEngineering) for the March/April 2009 Engineering Geology edition of the Geo-Strata magazine of the Geo-Institute of the … Continue reading →

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Bugle Boy, Bugling Badly

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Ed Medley

At last a story to break the drought… I have moved to a new office -there is a story to tell there, too – on 13th Street in Oakland, opposite the Oakland Tribune building. At street level is a wonderful … Continue reading →

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Senior Moment

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Ed Medley

I had my first official Senior Moment today. I went by train to Davis, California to see an old friend at the university there. Buying the tickets at a kiosk I had the choice of Adult, Child or Senior tickets. I am … Continue reading →

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Hit Upon

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Ed Medley

My bimrocks.geoengineer.org site has been reporting visitor counts and statistics for 4 years. To date here have been almost 19,000 page hits, 10,400 Unique Visitors, and 1,080 Returning Visitors from all over the world.  Some people linger for hours on … Continue reading →

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Tea Break (Gimme Some Lovin’)

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Ed Medley

Yesterday afternoon we drove 90 miles to a surprise party Brunch for a friend’s 65th Birthday. Despite it being well over 100 degrees in Modesto, we old folk boogied and danced the early hours of the afternoon. (Most of us don’t do … Continue reading →

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Free Balloon

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Ed Medley

Many years ago, we were walking along a miserable stretch of the Pennine Way.  Once a cobbled Roman road it had become a rutted farm track; bounded by low, gray, wet rock walls. Clag was down to the ground - so some would say … Continue reading →

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