August is the Sunday of Summer
I always feel as though society crams as much as it can into August, the last complete month of unofficial summer. A final gasp, if you will, of all the promises made at the beginning of the season. And frankly, it’s exhausting. Yes, I am blessed to have friends and things to do, and doubly […]
Is It Live or Is It…
Back in the days of audio and video cassettes, Memorex brand had commercials asking, “Is it Real or Is It Memorex?” or “Is it Live or Is It Memorex?” The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made me think about these commercials again. Is it live/real or is it AI? Now someone has created an […]
The Ghost Rider (No, Not the Song)
I live on the corner of a somewhat main thoroughfare and a little-traveled side street. After Daylight Savings Times ended this past autumn, I started noticing something odd: a school bus would round the corner and stop on the side street outside my office windows. The flashing red lights would come on, the STOP signs […]
TikTok: A Possible Solution
One of the latest social media brouhahas is about foreign ownership of TikTok. The two “solutions” most often heard are either sell it to an American, or ban its use in the US. Frankly I’m appalled that our government thinks is can force a foreign company to sell itself to an American company. They’re acting […]