My phone recently updated, and to my surprise the time readout on my lock screen turned bright pink. Barbie pink. In the last phone update before that, the numbers had turned thick and clumsy, whereas before they had been elegantly … Continue reading →
Hot off the press. I borrowed someone’s special glasses and looked for a moment when there was just a small crescent of sun. Pretty impessive. But mostly I used a colander. That was fun, too. So here’s my self-portrait with … Continue reading →
I’m getting closer and closer to the time when I’ll be able to announce that the book is for sale. Yeah, I know, you’ve heard it all before. But it’s really true. All the editing is done. I’ve gotten the … Continue reading →
All over New England there are power outages from a big storm. Typical New England stuff. There had been precious little snow all winter long, for the most part. And then a big storm in late March and one in … Continue reading →
As most readers here are well aware, I’m a person who likes privacy. So I suppose it’s odd that I’ve put myself out there as a blogger. Of course, I’ve hidden behind that apple. Every now and then I’ve posted … Continue reading →
Here’s the story: As part of its portfolio optimization, initially announced late last year, the company will close 600 of its Family Dollar stores in the first half of 2024. An additional 370 Family Dollar stores and 30 Dollar Tree … Continue reading →
Here’s Douglas Murray: “Maybe if we come up with a perfect argument,” he said. “Maybe if we inform people about the history, and broadly speaking, you’re talking about trying to educate or inform people who are not educated or informed.” … Continue reading →
Maybe you can help me with a persistent problem I’m having setting up a website on WordPress for selling Gerard’s book. I’ve designed blogs before – obviously – but this bookselling website has a different format and I’m struggling with … Continue reading →
A while back I noticed that I was getting disgusting ads on several ordinary websites. I mean really revolting, most of them featuring hundreds of worms coming out of parts of someone’s body such as, most often, feet. At first … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Today is Presidents’ Day, and this is a repeat of a previous post.] I’m not that old, but pedagogical practices in my youth seem absolutely archaic compared to whatever passes for education these days. For starters, we had Washington’s … Continue reading →
To all my ever-loving readers: Did you receive anything? Did you give those you love anything? Do you consider this day just an excuse for the greeting card, chocolate, and flower industries to coax us in a rather unsubtle way … Continue reading →