It’s been a minute since I posted something here. Been in the doldrums for a bit as of late. Lots of uncertainty in life the last month, more than I can take at one time. Thankfully feel like today I’m coming out of it. Too much AI hand-wringing
Moving on to another favorite artist for the featured images: René Magritte. Feature image: “Le temps jadis” Great video on Chicago’s basement bars. My house, a Cape Cod built in 1943, had a bar when we moved in. I tore it out years ago but someone put some real
Hey hey here we are in a new year! Welcome 2026! I rang in the New Year doing two things, one of which I normally loathe if I’m even awake when the clock strikes midnight: watching “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve”. Why this year? Because it’
Hoping everyone has a wonderful 2026!
Good Riddance!
However you celebrate I hope you’re having a good evening. I’ve tucked in with a favorite movie.
Harvard’s New Health Bombshell: It’s Not Sleep Loss or No Exercise—It’s These 15 Daily Habits Silently Destroying You Some serious problems with this article not the least of which is that the author doesn’t actually provide a link to the “groundbreaking Harvard health study”. Problem
My zeal for “privacy” on the Internet may be my undoing. All of these tools to combat ads and trackers are wonderful but having them work together is a bit of a mess. If I have a problem is it Enhanced Tracking Protection in Firefox? Is it uBlock Origin? Maybe
I love Adam Mastroianni’s Substack newsletter “Experimental History”, one of many great Substack newsletters that I’d miss if I wasn’t on Substack because it’s a “Nazi bar” (as a friend noted recently — is it really a Nazi bar if you’ve never actually seen a Nazi
Longer days are ahead! Happy Winter Solstice to all who celebrate 😁
For anyone who loves the soundtrack to “A Charlie Brown Christmas” this is a fascinating look at the making of a new vinyl record set. And yes, I bought a copy.
A bit of a crisis of identity last night, and some rough dreams following, has me thinking a lot about how I’m approaching things these days. Thoughts of change swirling around in my brain all day and I started a list of areas where I want to make some