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About Bruce

Work for sustainable development of small islands and the Chesapeake Bay; ex-Peace Corps (Volunteer and staff) in LA & Caribbean; cruised Caribbean on S/Y Meander for three years; like small tropical islands, French canals, Umbria, Tasmania, and NZ. Married 52 years to the late Kincey Burdett Potter (see Kincey.org). President of the now-sunsetting Island Resources Foundation.

Approved Footware for Alaska

Posted on September 6, 2008 by Bruce

Since our vacation to SE Alaska, many people have asked if you really need knee-high rubber boots to get around — this is the authoritative answer. Continue reading →

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Major Opinion Piece in Washington Post Outlook

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Bruce

The lead article in the Washington Post OUTLOOK section for Sunday, August 31 at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082902337.html Elizabeth Becker will be on-line on Tuesday, September 2nd to answer questions ab… Continue reading →

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Potemkin Climate Change Adaptation

Posted on May 18, 2008 by Bruce

So Shankar Vedantam has it right in this article from the Washington Post, 17 May 2008. — read the excerpt below, or the whole story with illustrations at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051603612.html?hpid=… Continue reading →

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Costs of Medical Practice

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Bruce

— but Should they “Practice” More? [from my friend Daniel, who is a lawyer, not a Doctor, or, gracias a Dios, a statistician] INTERESTING STATISTICS! Doctors (A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000. (B) Accidental deaths caused by Ph… Continue reading →

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Rundy Hamblen, age 80+, in her Jet ski on the Chesapeake . .

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Bruce

Rundy Hamblen, age 80+, in her Jet ski on the Chesapeake . . , originally uploaded by bpotter1942. This is definitely the kind of photo I want to have in my obituary — assuming it’s publishable in a family newspaper (assuming, I guess that there … Continue reading →

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NOW What???

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Bruce

Know How He Feels, originally uploaded by bpotter1942. So there I was, walking over the veldt, minding my own business when they shot me in the fanny with this dart, threw me in a box, shipped me halfway around the world, and then locked me in a c… Continue reading →

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New Spam: Carbon Credits

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Bruce

[Guess it would be just tooo pollyannish to say it’s proof that key environmental messages are now being “mainstreamed.”] To: Continue reading →

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When is SPAM a New Year’s Card?

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Bruce

Check this out — I was about to delete this SPAM, and then I discovered it’s a message from a major program manager at CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL — guess the old categories don’t hold up any more. . . . I’m getting a headache thinking about it… Continue reading →

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Web Semantics 3.0 for Web Users 0.9

Posted on December 30, 2007 by Bruce

This message started as an e-mail to Twine.com, a (still-in-restricted-beta Web 3.0 application) about a personal wish list for improved management of web information resources. 1) Why am I writing this as an e-mail? That certainly seems awfully W… Continue reading →

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Whatever you say, don’t use the “L” word. . .

Posted on December 24, 2007 by Bruce

[Stimulated by a holiday card from the Center for American Progress. . . ] Every once in a while you realize how contaminated the “L” word really is. Scratch a so-called “Progressive” deeply enough (you’ll have to ask MuKacy exactly how deeply, bu… Continue reading →

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