A misplaced zero
Way back when I first learned about computers, about 1’s and 0’s and bits and bytes (’cause we weren’t really...
Freshies on the bike path!
If the celebration of Henry Hudson’s third voyage, the one in which his discovery of the Northwest Passage led to...
Accidentally video
Having volunteered to put together a slideshow for an upcoming fundraising event for the high school orchestra, I’m just learning...
Happiness is . . .
Fresh pavement on a road I’d just written off as unbikeable.The smell of basil and lavender all through the house...
Albany, Dat’s De Only Town Looks Good to Me
The things you run into when you’re cleaning up your hard drive. I’ve been holding on to this for a...
Summertime blues
I’m not usually big on lament, but it seems I’m making an exception and moping around about the summer that...
Required Reading
I know that I’m not unique in having hated nearly every work of fiction I was ever required to read...
Not exactly dog days of August
For the record, this is The Summer That Never Was. Our hottest day of the year was in April and...
They always finish in Paris
Another brilliant Tour de France, perhaps the best in years. Four countries (Monaco — as if that counts, Switzerland, Italy...