World AIDS Day

Here we are, sixty years later — the only nation to have ever used nuclear weapons. We still have them to this day, and expend a lot of energy trying to keep others from having them, using them as an excuse to  [more...]

I had no idea how much I value peace and quiet, as well as being alone. Maybe it’s just because I’m used to it. Regardless, I’m starting to relax now that all my Christmas visitors are gone and I have  [more...]

My Powerbook is about to be wrapped carefully in plastic and dispatched in an Airborne Express box to the mothership. If I had a pet name for my laptop, like Betsy, I’d be saying “Oh, how I will miss Betsy  [more...]