Sam, Either this is a reminder, or maybe the first time I’ve shared this with you… Sometime, during the 2009-2011 “Great Recession”, I somehow came across a story you wrote for a magazine. It was either a sailing mag or a vacation mag. Either way, I enjoyed what you wrote, and, (here is the part […]
Archives for February 2016
Buying a book at Barnes and Noble
Wanted to buy myself a new (techie/geek) book today. It’s $10-15 cheaper if I have B&N ship it to me, getting it to me by Tues/Wed, or $10-15 more expensive, if I drive the 5 miles to the local B&N store to have it in my grubby hands today. Tough choice. I was interested in […]
Presidential Candidate Survey
This is a fairly long survey (a few dozen or more questions), but I recommend you spend the time taking it, if you are uncertain over which candidate represents you the most. I recommend expanding those subject/policy sections that say “more…questions” as well as to open the “more stances” for EACH question, rather than rely […]
Composing music – John Adams
This is how my mind works. A friend attending a concert tonight posts a picture of a (living) composer giving a talk before/after this particular concert and mentions their name: John Adams. I just happen to know or believe that I vaguely remember there are two composers (living) having that name. One of whom I […]
Lailah – spin art painting
“We” (the “Royal” We) bought this kid’s art device, a splatter/spinner thing-a-ma-bob, in early or mid December. You know, the kind where you put a piece of card stock into it and it spins it around, and you then squirt paint onto the card stock as it spins, causing these multi-colored circle things… After the […]
