Hiding one’s mistakes March 8, 2013 I found this Sully post interesting. Its about whether people or machines are to blame for accidents ie. Fukashima, car crashes, etc. The scientist… Continue Reading
Pete, I’m coming for you January 18, 2024 I copied the previous post, added the text from my four old columns and put them in a word doc to print out. It… Continue Reading
So many ideas January 15, 2024 I’ve shared a pic or two of my postit notes stuck on my attic walls of ideas for things to write before. I jot… Continue Reading
Little Miracles add up August 31, 2023 Miracle One Not really much of a miracle but it shows the continuation of my progress toward wherever I’m going. The post-it notes on… Continue Reading
Sorry to be picky August 24, 2022 After too little sleep and waking up at 3 to practice French in hopes it would put me to sleep I crawled back in… Continue Reading
Talking politics in French —- to: “they own a lot of guns” August 22, 2022 I am two months shy of five years trying to learn French. I told myself at the beginning of this year that I thought… Continue Reading
Editing August 22, 2022 I’m listing this post under the category “blog housekeeping.” It will be the 67th post in the category which began back in March of… Continue Reading
Books again, thankfully July 25, 2022 I haven’t started reading a good history book for too long. I’ve bought several in recent years but been so consumed studying French and… Continue Reading
Father’s Day 51 day countdown June 19, 2022 My wife met a young woman who told her that she used to read my blog all the time when I was on the… Continue Reading
My Column for this week’s Reader March 11, 2022 The MP who pulled black men off white prostitutes – The rest of the Story. Note: This is slightly modified from a blog post… Continue Reading
Blogging, subbing, sculpting, Frenchifying, writing, Blogging???? January 13, 2022 I put two hours a day in in French. After two hours a day for four years I’m too stubborn to quit until I… Continue Reading
The coronavirus spring in my step, PT # 1 January 27, 2021 I’ve just finished dusting and vacuuming my office. I have a full day of things to do and posting a few blog posts is… Continue Reading
#1 12/9/2020, Socrates, Faust, Asimov December 9, 2020 #1 I got my only daily habit out of the way at 1:30 this AM when I rolled out of a sleepless state and… Continue Reading
Trois heurers par jour practique Francais. Pour trois ans December 2, 2020 Three hours a day practicing French. For three years I am more impatient than ever with people who look down on those learning a… Continue Reading
Campaign update July 22, 2020 July 22, 2020 In the last hour I have done three campaign related things while in hiding from the cononavirus. In no particular order: A. Having been… Continue Reading
Oh yeah, my campaign June 16, 2020 My writing has taken a backseat for the last week. Its partly having my eyes glazed over as I complete the last third of… Continue Reading
Watch through all six months, and it ain’t over. June 3, 2020 This morning I received an email from a British researcher warning me that the data on this graph was dubious. Below you will see… Continue Reading
Arizona Highways March 12, 2020 It didn’t take me long on my recent travels to Arizona’s sunshine to realize it would be the topic of my next Reader column… Continue Reading
Impeachment, war, cinema and other flotsom January 15, 2020 Trump Impeached. After watching part to of Frontlines how we got here, last night I’m OK with that. I was surprised to come to… Continue Reading
Rough notes October 4, 2019 I’m not fussy about perfection which explains my comfort with the last post’s state – unpolished. Its an attitude that I think is useful… Continue Reading