All my friends are on Facebook. I really cannot bring myself to join Facebook since I believe they are a manipulative company out to make addicts of us all. Yes, I think Facebook is addictive. It is as addictive as cigarette smoking or shall I say nowadays vape smoking, though I did suggest a vape … Continue reading I like WordPress
The Path
Years ago, attending a semester at a college up north, in the New England area, not remembering what I studied, or the name of the place, I remembered one thing, a nature path near the college. I set out one day to walk the whole trail, start to finish, but half way through I encountered … Continue reading The Path
The Benefit Of Memorization
My first encounter with having to memorize anything was in grade school, where the teacher said everyday was test day, everyday we would be tested on every sentence in the chapter so we might as well memorize the chapter. Memorize the chapter! But if I memorize all the chapters I would have memorized a book. … Continue reading The Benefit Of Memorization
Democracy Threatened And In Decline
I recently watched a debate about western democracy threatening suicide. One side was optimistic about the robustness of democracy and the ability of its institutions not to commit suicide but repair themselves; the other side, even though they called themselves optimists, looked at the same facts with a very different view. Mentioned were the authoritarian … Continue reading Democracy Threatened And In Decline
The Writing App Ulysses
There are plenty of blogs about how Ulysses compares to other similar writing apps. Simplicity, power to get things done, and keeping it current, are its strongest assets, which the competition will never understand. But at forty dollars a year, I look at the competitors now and then, hoping to go from forty to zero, … Continue reading The Writing App Ulysses
McJesus Sculpture
There has been a hoopla concerning a sculpture in the Haifa museum in Israel. Christians took to rioting, throwing rocks and injuring the police, offended by a stupid sculpture of Ronald McDonald on a cross. If it was a Muslim object the Haifa museum would probably been burned down by now, so I guess Christians … Continue reading McJesus Sculpture
Apple, Bend-gate, and Other Thoughts
As a Apple fan my whole life, excusing the minor hiccups of the company on their way to trillion dollar status, I find myself finally taking a good look at Apple and wondering if they have come to the top of the bell curve and are now heading downward to who knows where. They were … Continue reading Apple, Bend-gate, and Other Thoughts
Observational Learning and Writing 
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