My 2021 Summer Reading List
If he can have a 2021 Summer Reading List, I can have a 2021 Summer Reading List. Here's my list....
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COVID-19 Vaccines Aplenty, Just No Takers
On Wednesday March 31st, my wife and I drove back to Amarillo TX (11 hours round trip again) to get our second Moderna vaccines. We'd gone out there on March 3rd for the first shots, after hearing that Amarillo was...
Who Knew There Was Another Layer Below "Nature"
It would take until 2020 before it was discovered.... (With apologies to Stewart Brand)...
With Apologies to Pink Floyd
And any fool knows a dog needs a home A shelter from pigs on the wing -- Pink Floyd...
Cicadas in New Mexico: Who Knew?
Had no idea New Mexico had cicadas. They have been out in force for weeks, buzzing everywhere. They're all over our yard, though rarely seen, unlike my experience growing up in Maryland where the 17-year cicadas were so numerous, and...
Top 25 Films Seen So Far in 2018
So far I've seen 103 movies this year in theatres. I figure I'll prolly see another 5 before the year's out. But we're far enough along in December I figured I could throw this list out there of my favorite...
That time of year
Scientific American story: "The Best Technology for Fighting Climate Change Isn't A Technology" https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-best-technology-for-fighting-climate-change-isnt-a-technology/ Speaking of which . . . I'm still unclear on the idea of a business chopping down a perfectly good pine tree, putting it on a...
I Don't Get Pearl Jam
I have never understood the allure of the band that calls itself Pearl Jam. I didn't get it in the 90s, I didn't get it in the 00s, and I still don't get it. Nothing they have ever done or...
You Don't Want Mark Zuckerberg In Your Dreams
Ever had a dream that skirts the boundaries of nightmare, wants to become a nightmare, but teases at skirting the boundary, just going on and on, with one of those really unpleasant antagonists who’s right out of some suspense thriller...
A Different Kind of News
Imagine a media organization that only reports what the President of the United States and his administration does, and ignores what he and his administration says. The news would be completely different. Let's extend this to Congress as well. Only...
Jaron Lanier on What Went Wrong With the Internet
What goes unsaid in this excellent Jaron Lanier interview about the pernicious state of the Internet is the role the curation of angels, VCs, limited partners, and boards have had in setting the direction of--guiding the evolution of--the Net and...
Flamenco version of Achilles Last Stand
Hard to believe this track has only 113 listens on YouTube. Let's fix that. This is a great Flamenco guitar duo taking on Led Zeppelin's "Achilles Last Stand." Have a listen....
My Top 15 Films of 2017
Whenever I see a movie, and I typically see about 100 per year in cinemas, I make a note of it and jot down a "score" from 0 to 100 based on what I thought of the movie. Based on...
Only in Seattle...
Only in Seattle: Downtown railroad crossing stops traffic as wingless brand new Boeing jet airplane fuselages roll by…...
The Book Tour Begins
Yesterday the book tour began. The Friendly Orange Glow releases on November 14th, but the tour starts sooner. The full national schedule is online and will be updated as needed. The radio and media interviews have already begun and...