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Thursday, May 4, 2023

Nothing Ever Dies: Re-Reading a Haunting Book About War and it's Aftermath

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I am re-reading the book Nothing Ever Dies  because I first enlisted during the war in Vietnam 51 years ago and this book holds a mirror to ...
Friday, April 28, 2023

The Spark in the Machine: A fascinating book about the science behind acupuncture

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  I am more than halfway through reading The Spark in the Machine: How the Science of Acupuncture Explains the Mysteries of Western Medicine...
Saturday, April 22, 2023

Three Score and Ten: Second Life Begins This Year

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In the first Canto of the  Divine Comedy  Dante Aligheri tells us he is 35 years old because he is "In the middle of life's journey...
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Sunday, April 16, 2023

Men and Women Under 23 are 80% of the US Military: Many Do Great Things, Some Screw Up

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Me at 23: The Oldest I Ever Felt* The news is full of the 21-year-old airman Jack Teixeira, the intelligence specialist who is behind the mo...
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

When the Flight Goes Wrong, Data is All That Matters

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  Since 2017 I have flown overseas every year to every continent except Australia: almost 20 trips total. I have flown many airlines. In add...
Saturday, April 8, 2023

Gordon Moore: The Chemist at the Center of the High Tech Revolution Dies at 94.

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  In 1965 when I was twelve years old, I learned basic electronics from a 600-page book published by the Amateur Radio Relay League--the ham...
Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Flying Spirit was Delightful: Nothing like their emails

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  Last month I flew Spirit Airlines for the second time ever, and the first time in a decade. Like most cut-rate airlines they charge for ev...