Things I Like
“All the good ideas have been taken.” - Some guy who I made up but speaks the truth A few years ago Karin, a good friend and one of the coolest people I...
Ode to a Puggle
This newsletter about is whatever strikes my brain as interesting at any moment. Usually, that is something related to what’s happening in the world. This...
Permanent Daylight Saving Time: The Sequel
“Godfather: Clemenza missed the meeting. He forgot to set his watch ahead.” (Photo: Paramount Pictures) There is an axiom in Hollywood (so I’ve heard) that...
Theranos: Fraud as Entertainment
Since 2014, I have been following the rise and fall of Theranos, the fake-fraud-criminal-hoax blood testing company that scammed some of the dumbest money...
The Human Race Can’t Evolve Fast Enough
Cable TV viewer, circa 2064 Healthcare experts talk and write about why humans (and more specifically American humans) are so obese. A prevailing theory is...
The Value of Anything
About a decade ago, when I was still on Facebook and we used to have heated, but civil discussions about interesting things (as opposed to the effluent that...
I Am Not Watching the Olympics…
A winter Olympic curling iron When I was a kid, the Winter Olympics were appointment TV. Skiing especially. Ingemar Stenmark, Vreni Schneider, Annemarie...
If Only I Were THIIIIS Much Smarter…
The reason you are reading this is because I quit Facebook for good last year and for some reason, you still wanted to hear from me. And I still wanted to...
Get To Know an MVNO!
(Photo: iStockphoto) Remember when which wireless phone company you were on mattered? Maybe it still matters to you. It shouldn’t, despite that the big three...
Prologue: The Joy of… Nothing
At the outset, let me state for the record that I am not depressed. The title of this first post is not meant to imply that I take no joy in anything....