I read City by Clifford Simak recently. If you haven’t read it, it is a dystopian cold war era novel in which man abandons the cities due to fear of nuclear war. Society breaks down as everybody lives in isolation, population dwindles, and eventually most humans abandons the earth, leaving …
Facebook’s algorithms are in the news a lot these days, and with good reason. But this isn’t about Facebook. I’ve been thinking about algorithms in general lately. This has been brought on by my wife’s insulin pump, the Medtronic 670G. It’s the first closed loop pump approved by the FDA …
Fuck Cancer
Thirtieth Valentine’s Day
Thirty more coming
It’s edgy haiku in the 3-7-5 format.
I just made that up. I have no idea if 3-7-5 haiku is a thing. If not, it should be.
I used to consume a lot of those candy hearts around this time of year …
It’s been about 5 months since The Great Facebook Unfollowing. If you are wondering how its going, you probably aren’t subscribed to my newsletter, as the evils of Facebook and social media are pretty much a weekly occurrence in it. I don’t miss Facebook. At all.
I haven’t quit completely …
My great-grandfather got on a boat in Ireland in 1905, and ended up in Boston, MA a few weeks later. He had $2.50 in his pocket, one suitcase, and a sister in Woburn, MA. From that humble beginning my family got established in the US, and fought for the …
The Confederate Memorial
So far 2018 has been bitterly cold in Richmond. Today was a glorious 63 degrees F and sunny. I was a good boy this AM and went to the gym, then watched Purdue just destroy Iowa at their arena. That’s 3 straight Big 10 blowouts, 2 on …
The Confederate Memorial
So far 2018 has been bitterly cold in Richmond. Today was a glorious 63 degrees F and sunny. I was a good boy this AM and went to the gym, then watched Purdue just destroy Iowa at their arena. That’s 3 straight Big 10 blowouts, 2 on …
Henry Rollins rolled through town last night on his new spoken word tour, which is actually a slide show of photos he has taken on his extensive world travels. He shows a photo, starts talking about the story behind the photo, and before you know it he has talked for …
Henry Rollins rolled through town last night on his new spoken word tour, which is actually a slide show of photos he has taken on his extensive world travels. He shows a photo, starts talking about the story behind the photo, and before you know it he has talked for …
