Why Going to Mars Is a Bad Idea . . . (Sorta)
2022-02-14 – Let me start by saying that I hope someone goes to Mars during my lifetime. I’m not leaving the planet anytime soon, but considering the gargantuan task of […]
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Why Is it Humbling to Contemplate Our Place in the Universe?
2022-02-10 – There are many things in life that are humbling. But “our place in the universe”? That’s more of a humblebrag. Yet you hear it all the time. I […]
Heads, I Win . . . There Is No Other Side of the Coin
2022-02-07 – We had a conversation with a COVID vaccine “skeptic.” This person is not an anti-vaxxer. She and her family are vaccinated. But she’s “done.” She doesn’t want anymore […]
M-I-C-K-E-Y MAUS
2022-02-03 – Let me say first that I have never read Maus, by Art Spiegelman. I was aware that the book existed when the Tennessee ban hit the news. I’ve […]
A New Best Bike
2022-01-31 – I got a new bike yesterday. I don’t have it home yet. We bought it at Johnny Sprockets, where we’ve gotten several bikes in recent years. We got […]
Denial of Bail
2022-01-27 – Today’s post is just food for thought. It needs some research. So it’s just a question. Here is a story about a January 6 rioter who is being […]
My Dog Knows What She’s Doing
2022-01-24 – My dog knows what she’s doing. All the dogs I’ve ever has knew what they were doing. Especially in cold weather. Yeah, they like to play in the […]
It Was 261 Degrees This Morning . . . Brr!
2022-01-20 – Something like 50 years ago, the United States was debating whether to convert our system of weights and measures to the metric system. The effort failed because the […]
Happy Holidays
2022-01-17 – I was confused by the holidays today. Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. And it is Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish New Year of the Trees. There is […]
Someone Else’s Good News
2022-01-13 – We have no shortage of bad news. So when you get good news you want to shout it. Unless, of course, you have some sort of obligation to […]
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