“If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere.” – John Kander, Fred Ebb I never asked to have an interesting life – it just sort of came with the territory. And it all started in Brooklyn. I don’t blog much about growing up in New York c. 60s[…] Read On
You know those people who are alert and chipper from the moment they open their eyes in the morning? Yeah, I hate those people too. Morning is no time for good cheer or conscious thought, let alone having to deal with people. I doubt if whoever came up with the[…] Read On
It’s been about 50 years since I was a kid, give or take. Back then I used to wonder what the world of the future would be like. Now that we’re here – in the future – this is what surprises me most, in no particular order: I never thought[…] Read On
Ever notice that people who consider themselves news junkies tend to be surprisingly ill-informed. The problem is that they have very few sources that reflect their own narrow views. Either that or they let bias get in the way of their conclusions. Of course nobody will admit that but we[…] Read On
We got a snapshot of a real black hole. First ever. Why’s that such a big deal? Black holes devour everything in sight. They even swallow light itself, which is why we can never see them. And yet, we did. We caught one red-handed. The Event Horizon Telescope project got[…] Read On
Jack Dorsey sounds like one messed up dude, IMO. The CEO of Twitter and Square went on some health wacko’s podcast to talk about his bizarro biohacks that include eating only once a day in the evening (a protein and veggies, that’s it) except on weekends when he doesn’t eat[…] Read On
I have a headache. No, I’m not avoiding sex. Don’t be ridiculous. Let’s try this a different way. You know how your computer sometimes gets into a processing loop, overheats and hangs up? My head sometimes does that. Actually it does that a lot. Instead of actually dealing with an[…] Read On