Category Archives: personal

Update: Our Little Girl Went on Her Final Journey, Today

BeBe (May 24, 2008 – June 21, 2023) Sleep in Peace, BeBe.

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Is This a Sign of Artificial Intelligence on Steroids?

Spam Emails I can imagine that there are still humans behind this influx of phishing emails, but their ability to flood the market seems suspect. I’ve spoken of telemarketing phone calls previously, here, but in recent times these robocalls have … Continue reading →

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Who’s the Daddy?

Norman Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) The original idea for this post was to explore the concept that Norman Mailer was the reincarnation of John Milton. But I rankled at the suggestion. I had previously concluded that … Continue reading →

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Our Adopted Cockapoo is Fifteen Today

BeBe (May 24, 2008) Happy Birthday, baby girl. You’re 76 years old in equivalent dog age.

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Sunday was My Wife’s Birthday

A Perfect Day Just about the time the sun was setting, Roger, Susan’s son-in-law, put a YouTube video on so he could express how he felt about the day. His was the Lou Reed version, here’s the BBC’s. Here’s the … Continue reading →

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I Suppose: Once a Spy, Always a Spy

Comparing John Dee and “Ramsay” Birth Charts It’s John Dee’s signature “for your eyes only” to his Queen (Elizabeth I). That’s where Ian Fleming got the “I”dea for James Bond’s licence to kill. But I want to be a bit … Continue reading →

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Let’s Just Take a Few Moments to:

Pause and Reflect I have been so busy lately trying to ‘prove’ astrologically that reincarnation is a ‘fact’, that I have forgotten that we are talking about peoples’ lives, both now and in the past. Everyone is trying to do … Continue reading →

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It Was Twenty Years Ago This Mother’s Day Weekend…

That Our Beautiful Mother Died This image seems ‘real’ to me. Twenty years seems a lifetime ago, and yet it was only yesterday when Mom died. We’ve been allowed to reflect back on the special woman she was, and I … Continue reading →

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So, Here’s an Interesting Fact:

Someone Must Have Posted on Reddit a Link to One of My Posts But when I tried to backcheck who did it and what was posted, exactly, I got nothing. Strange, that. The post was Soul Group or Group Soul? … Continue reading →

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My Wife is a Wonder Woman

She did the Landscaping of our Gardens Herself This photo was taken by the photographer hired by our realtor, last Wednesday. What else can I say?

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