Suprise Me

Don't regret having to retire. Some are denied the privilege. Read More

On January 19, 1995, I set off on a trip to Kazakhstan to help find ways in which American computer technology could help improve the safety and/or efficiency of the coal mining industry in that country, which had recently become an independent state, no longer under the domination of the Soviet Union.  I left Columbus… Read More

This was in late 1972, when recycling of glass had just become a thing, and we wanted to do our part. Read More

My family has not had any feuds that I know of, although there have been estrangements, which seem like two different things. Read More

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Ever confuse coincidence with causality? It can be fun. Somebody you meet on a demo in Madison, Wisconsin shows up at a concert weeks later in San Francisco. Wow! The ex-girlfriend of a city radical materializes unannounced on your rural commune. Both of you are amazed… too weird! People once directed me to the sleeping… Read More

“Behold it is the Springtide of the year. Over and past is Winter’s gloomy reign. The happy time of singing birds is near, And clad in bud and blooms are hill and plain.” That is the first verse of my favorite Passover song. I sang it in Junior Choir at my Temple. I even sang… Read More

It was quite a job putting the bed frame together, although I don't remember whether it required any trips to the hardware store. Read More

My Father's Religion was the Democratic Party Read More

I didn't have a lot of friends in middle school, so I might have run out of friends to target for passing the letters along. Read More