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Our Cell Phone Saga
It began a month ago, when we made the decision to switch our phones from AT&T to Spectrum. Spectrum is our cable internet provider,...
sursumcorda, 12 August 2022 |
3.5 Hours of Jack Barsky
I've written twice before about Jack Barsky, once in The Spy Who Stayed , and again when I reviewed his book, Deep Undercover ....
I Passed the Test
I took a COVID test this week. I try to avoid those things as much as possible: I hadn't taken one since April, when I needed it to...
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving has apparently come early to Florida. We awoke to the news that Interstate 4 just north of us was shut down when a semi...
Google Chat Is Eavesdropping on My Conversations
I didn't choose Google Chat. I still have one friend with whom I communicate by what was once known as Instant Messaging. Over the...
A Fun Linguistics Break
You know how after you've watched a video on YouTube, it goes on to show you some other video it thinks you might like? Usually it's off...
I Have Too Many Kindle Books
I have too many Kindle books. Granted, 280+ is a drop in the bucket compared with the physical books that crowd our bookshelves. Many...
Revisited: The Brain that Changes Itself
I've been writing these essays for more than 20 years. As with all writers (and other artists), I often look back on my work and...
More On Corporate Philanthropy
I love Better World Books , and tend to spend a fair amount of money on their site. Why? Because they are without a doubt the least...
Right Place, Right Time, Right Preparation
At the recent mall shooting in Greenwood, Indiana, the law enforcement response was well-trained and fast. But what kept this event from...
Appreciation
We have a lot of experience in our little choir, from many churches in many states over many years. What we saw in last Sunday's...
Bastille Day
Happy Bastille Day to our French and Francophile friends—though frankly, for at least two of you this day is more about your own...
Thankful
On Saturday, for some reason that I have forgotten, I wrote this story to Facebook instead of here. Usually I cross-post the other way...
Freedom
Apparently California's governor, Gavin Newsom, is running a television ad directed at Floridians, urging us to move to California,...
And Crown Thy Good with Brotherhood
Every year around July 1 I start thinking I've had enough of getting up and out of the house early, driving to Geneva, marching in the...
YouTube's Censorship Could Kill You
I prefer not to post twice in one day, but this just came to my attention and it can't wait. YouTube's ostensibly well-intentioned...
Striking Oil in the Apocrypha
Not many of my readers are familiar with the writings known as the Apocrypha . I find it a shame it took me so long to discover...
Inflation and Health Care
When my economist husband tells me an modern article is both consistent with everything he learned about economics in college and in...
YouTube Channel Discoveries - Task and Purpose
[This post was originally entitled, "Camouflage"; I've now changed that to make it part of my "YouTube Channel Discoveries" series.]...
What Sounds Good Might Not Be
A friend, who has been experiencing the dating scene, offered the following warning. I just fancied it up a bit.
David H Smith, H Flu B, and Me
Back in another life, I worked for the University of Rochester Medical Center . However, that was not how I met David H. Smith, the...
Hexclad
I'm not generally one to splurge when it comes to our kitchen. We still have the same wallpaper that was on the...
The American Flags of My Life
I have lived under three different American flags. Flag Day, 2022
Glory, Hallelujah!
From the official travel.state.gov website: The CDC order from December 2, 2021, requiring persons aged two and above to show a...
Science or Magic?
Back in April, we ran into an opinion piece by Gary Smith entitled, " Believe in Science? Bad Big-Data Studies May Shake Your Faith ."...