Here are two pictures which will give you instant insight into the man who passed away night before last. About ten years ago, Female Offspring #1 participated in a walk-a-thon to raise money for her school. Her Poppa and Gramma drove down from Oklahoma City so he could participate…and do so with joy and enthusiasm: […]
Two years ago i posted some thoughts about my dad’s recent diagnosis of Alzheimer’s (here) and then some additional words on Father’s Day last year (here). What I haven’t mentioned is that Mrs. Blather’s stepfather, “Poppa George” to my girls, has also been in a health-related battle over the last several years. George was diagnosed […]
The new header above is an official welcome to the fall season–even though it’s sunny and 91 today. That’s tailgating 1940s style. Herringbone jacket and tie? Check! Thermos o’ coffee? Check! White bread sandwiches? Got ’em! Just like I do it today. Fall is my favorite, except for the ragweed pollen, which tends to stay […]
I’ve seen Discovery Channel specials about all the stuff that’s buried under New York City streets, but I still thought this pic from 1917 was remarkable. This is Beekman Street down in Lower Manhattan–not far from where a new transportation hub is being built at Ground Zero. More of these pics here.
I can’t describe (or explain, really) how much I like this. Some clever geek took a short Bach canon and did the following: Played it. Played it backwards. Played it backwards and forwards simultaneously. Played it backwards and forwards simultaneously as a Mobius strip. And created a visualization of all of the above. Here you […]
CNN yesterday: “Insiders Sell Like There’s No Tomorrow“ Me? I’m out, with the exception of some gold mining stocks which have tended to rise when everything else was cratering.
Just noticed that the Dow closed at 9605 yesterday–the 8th anniversary of 9/11. Would you like to guess where the Dow was when trading was halted on that day eight years ago? 9605 Weird, huh? Not to mention discouraging for buy-and-hold stock investors.
Eight years after the fact, there is still no better resource for understanding the history of militant Islam and the specific events that led to the 9/11 attacks than Lawrence Wright’s The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. It is also, unintentionally, a devastating refutation to all the “9/11 was an inside job” […]
Submitted for your consideration . . . Here are the home search pages for Google and Bing today.
An article in Scientific American suggests that the human brain’s capacity for “patternicity” and “agenticity” explains why we tend to love a good conspiracy theory. Read “Why People Believe in Conspiracy Theories.”
