A stack of books.

On Translations of Classics

I recently found myself in a rather long conversation with my daughter about translations. Last week she was working on reading the second part of…

The Deed is Done

I just got the confirmation that my MBA Master’s thesis / degree capstone has been graded and approved. There is still some graduation paperwork to…

Vaya con Dios James Garner

I love James Garner. I grew up with a mother who adores him, and learned to love him early on. What’s not to like? He’s…

Ender's Game book cover.

Ender, how did I miss you?

Last week I decided I was going to get around to watching Ender’s Game. Which meant I had to read the book first because I…

Indoctrination Center Ahead.

Aphorisms of public school

I just finished having a quite interesting conversation with a group of science teachers. It was a marvelous example of what I find to be…

A screen with a lot of chart data from a seti monitor.

Why the Aliens don’t write back

For what seems to be ages we’ve been pinging the universe with our proverbial text message to any aliens listening. “Come to dinner! Get to…

Strange extrovert questions

I was browsing through the first chapter of a new book this morning and I came upon another one of those grand examples of extroverts…

Huc accedit Santus Nicholas

It’s almost time for that wonderful morning when the children leap out of beds around the world and tear open bits of paper in search…

On the theory of one race

There I found myself, in the unfortunate position of stumbling into a conversation with a Scientian (my word). You know who I mean. Stereotypically, they…