I know I’ve been absent and there’s been a lot to write about, though very little can be posted for the world to see. I’m busy. I’m busy in a chase that’s the hardest I’ve ever run and I’m not sure what’s at the end. The rational realist in me says to give it up, [...]
I left as soon as I was 18 for a university far away. Most childhood friends have gone, too, typically making their homes in California or other parts of the West Coast. My family has only a few representatives left there and siblings and cousins and friends have also left that wretched state behind. Neither [...]
Yesterday, at one of those product rollout presentations Apple has become known for, CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs announced the 4GB iPhone is no more and the 8GB iPhone will now cost $200 less than its original sticker price of $599. I was pretty happy with that news though I’ve decided to spring for the [...]
I was listening to some podcast about Apple’s new iPods and flipping through my RSS reader when I saw the headline, brief, short, mincing no words, “Luciano Pavarotti, Italian Tenor, is Dead at 71“. I actually gasped outloud. I had heard a few days ago he’d gotten out the of the hospital but just in [...]
It’s Labor Day weekend once again and to many people, it’s the end of the summer. There will still be hot weather ahead and hard days at work and school. Days will get shorter and shorter and colder. But this weekend, it’s a weekend off. Enjoy it.
I’ve never liked the summer thanks to the oppressive [...]