Category Journal

The first post of my new Series, "The Fall," meant to discuss the decline of democracy in our country and around the world. Read the rest

A brief introduction to cryptocurrency. Consider this a primer. Read the rest

Me, trying to deal with the aftermath of emotions following Trump's win. Read the rest

A brief discussion of my attending a talk by Richard Dawkins. Read the rest

In this post I describe the experience I had ingesting magic mushrooms for the first time in 50 years. Read the rest

A memorial to my life-long friend, Tommy Johnson, from Duluth, Minnesota. Read the rest

Wow, it’s been more than a month since my last blog post. I guess a lot has been going on, so I thought I’d drop this post just to share. As usual, Fall 2023 entered with what can only be…

The following is another anecdote from my childhood This one has to do with the time I had a grade school teacher tell me a bald-faced lie, which I believed, and it probably altered the course of my life. I…

If you are anything like me, you probably have some occasional childhood memories that pop, unbidden, into your head from time-to-time. I don’t always know what triggers them. Some are mere snippets, like remembering playing with a toy toolbox that…

If you’re a Dune fan like me, you’ve read most of the books and watched the movies, old and new, perhaps more than once. I read four of the books before burning out and have seen all of the Dune…