Monthly Archives: October 2019

Today’s post has three points: We are currently so regulated that cool shit is lost, forgotten, or never invented. “Never invented” worries me; how can we know what we didn’t discover? Nobody learned a fucking thing in high school chemistry. … Continue reading →

Change is simply a fact. It’s neither good nor bad. I don’t fear change. If change is good, I enjoy it. If it’s bad, I adapt as much as possible. I don’t let it ruin my attitude; why would I? … Continue reading →

“True, social media is impressive. The internet gives us instant access to global knowledge. We are a more tolerant society, at least in theory. But Facebook is not the Hoover Dam, and Twitter is not the Panama Canal.” Read it … Continue reading →

There are occasional bits of knowledge that I want to preserve, as much for myself as for the blog. Cramming them in the sidebars was getting unwieldy so I created a new page; Quotes & Poems. It is there that … Continue reading →

I have changed my tagline. It was this: “If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation.“ It’s a wise thought by Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus. He wrote it sometime in the first or … Continue reading →

[nerd] Several days ago I switched from http:// to https://. This is supposed to keep monsters at bay. Ideally you didn’t even notice? If it’s an issue, someone tell me. Also, I put up a privacy policy because someone said … Continue reading →

I’m glad this movie is on its way. Ever since Gran Torino I’ve known Clint Eastwood is the go to guy for a real movie. He makes movies that are more. They’re better. Whatever Hollywood might have been (if anything), … Continue reading →

While waiting for them to arrive, I examined my battered old checkbook. (Who writes checks in 2019? People buying firewood!) I’d written a check to my old firewood guy, the one who’s number I’d lost. A year ago, I’d paid … Continue reading →