Vacation 2004: Day One…

By the time, we rolled our butts out of bed, got dressed, checked out the sparse state of the kitchen, and accumulated enough motivation to forage for food on the open roads, it was noon locally.
We still had breakfast on our collective minds, so we drove to the entrance on the resort, randomly choose a [...]

Vacation 2004: The Journey Out…

At five in the morning, we left for San Jose airport, five bags to be checked and five carry-ons in tow, two adults and two kids leaving for a mostly annual vacation. I alone knew that the two weeks were going to be spent in Virginia, close to the Shenandoah National Forest.
The first leg of [...]

Voting History vs Personal Privacy…

According to the California Voter Foundation, the chief purposes of voter registration are to both prevent voter fraud and to facilitate election administration. An equally important but less well-known purpose is to provide political campaigns with contact and personal information about voters and their history of election participation.
One way campaigns ensure that their message reaches [...]