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A Thing I Wish

As two sides go to war with each other and one side accuses the other of anti-semitism and genocide and the other accuses the other of essentially the same, the reality of innocent people gets trampled in the generalizations made to justify the actions of each. All Palestinians are not terrorist. All Palestinians are not […]

New Website Launched

I mentioned earlier this year that I was working on some things. After months of procrastinating (no, actually, it’s a couple of years worth), I have launched a website to sell photography, books, and may more as I continue to look into new creative endeavors. There isn’t a lot on the website yet, some metal […]

One More Thought … And a Reading List

I can’t claim responsibility for this thought. I saw it on Twitter or Bluesky this morning. It is a thought worth considering. First, some background. When Israel declared itself a nation in 1948, Arab nations invaded and tried to destroy the new nation. They were not successful. During the war, many Arab residents of the […]

A No-Win Situation

I’ve been struggling for a week regarding whether I should write this post. I think it’s time. It’s about what is happening in the Middle East today. So, don’t read any further if you don’t want to know my thoughts. My apologies, but this is likely going to be a rambling, disconnected thing because there […]

Geez…

Years ago, when I published one of my earlier books, I did a Goodreads giveaway. Which is basically offering a few free copies of your book to readers who sign up for the giveaway. It’s a way to attract attention to your book and maybe get a few sales from those who sign up but […]

Another Giants Icon Leaving the Scene

The final connection to the San Francisco Giants World Series years will be starting his last game with the team today. That certainly isn’t an automatic because they could always re-sign him for next year, but all signs are pointing to Brandon Crawford exiting the scene after today’s game. The Championship teams of 2010, 2012, […]

A New Family Member

Regular readers will know that the Midget family had to put down their two dogs over the last few months. Slinky was first and was somewhat expected, given the long-running health issues she and the gradual deterioration in her health. Lamb Chop followed her a few months later. A much more surprising and unexpected thing, […]

Another Dream

You ever wake up from a dream and wish you could fall asleep and return to the dream? Even if it was a bad dream? This dream starts with me on the sidewalk in front of an elementary school. The one I attended many years ago. My parents still live around the block from the […]

A Moment

Yesterday, we hopped on a plane for a quick and easy 90 minute flight to Portland. Grabbed a rental car for a quick and easy 2 1/2 hour drive to Newport, Oregon, and walked into our rental spot for the next few days. There is this thing that happens when I’m at the coast. So […]

Have We Lost the War with AI

An article in the current issue of Foreign Affairs paints a pretty bleak picture of our future interaction with artificial intelligence. (The article may be behind a pay wall, but hopefully you can get access to it if you want to read it.) According to the article’s authors, the technology behind AI is expanding at […]