Monthly Archives: September 2013

I think very highly of Michael J. Totten’s work, as I’ve mentioned before. He’s planning a project to visit North Korea, Cuba, China, Laos, and Vietnam to see what things are like in those countries. Phase One is to visit … Continue reading →

I recently participated in an online debate that took an interesting turn. The more I think about it, however, and the more I that same philosophy espoused and embraced at all levels of power and among all ideologies, the more concerned … Continue reading →

I had a pretty good weekend. A company party on Saturday turned out to be more fun than expected. I was able to get the lawn mowed afterward before it got long enough to require a machete–and before rain came … Continue reading →

There is one distinct disadvantage to audio books. You don’t get to see how things are spelled, or how the words are arranged in a sentence, and sometimes that can make all the difference in understanding. The reader’s particular accent … Continue reading →

I’ve moved from “The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean” to a recorded lecture series on the Renaissance. One of the initial lectures discusses the roots of the Renaissance as a reaction against the Middle Ages in returning … Continue reading →

When I was young there were a fair number of people who were convinced that Dungeons and Dragons was evil and encouraged devil-worship. I have no idea what my parents thought about it. My only attempt at D&D when I … Continue reading →

Recently my daughter bought a Texas Instruments calculator for school. That reminded me of my brother-in-law’s calculator that he used to have for college. His was programmable, and he would often program it to play “Lunar Lander”. The calculator would … Continue reading →