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Who’s famous?
I came across Famous People with Multiple Sclerosis somehow (who can remember how one comes upon these places?). I’m not sure if it’s a validation of my cluelessness about celebrity, but most of the “famous” seem pretty obscure. Here’s a … Continue reading
Whipped cream experiment
Here’s an exercise in patience: try whipping cream by hand using your nondominant hand. I’d like to say that I have done that, but frankly, I am too impatient. The best I can do is to trade off to my … Continue reading
Breathtaking cupidity
The big news in MS treatment is Gilenya, a disease-modifying drug that is taken by mouth instead of injected or infused. It’s supposed to be more about 50 percent more effective at slowing the progress of the disease. Plus, it … Continue reading
Mac, DOS, and the Catholic Church
I’ve never plagiarized anything before, but I love this thought from www.umbertoeco.com: [Y]ou did know – didn’t you? – that Eco was the guy behind that unforgettable Mac versus DOS metaphor. That in one of his weekly columns he first … Continue reading
Perfect rock
Possession is nothing; memory is everything. As I was preparing to move into a new apartment (in the same building) a few years ago, I came upon a perfect rock. I was out walking and the rock was sitting on … Continue reading
So long, Mall 205
I’ve always been ambivalent about malls, and now they are dying. A good thing. Today I stopped by Mall 205 because I was in the neighborhood having lunch with a group of old ladies from my church. I thought I’d … Continue reading
Training
first words on the morning of Nov. 11, 1992 Continue reading
OK, this is it
One of the first things I thought I would do when I got onto the Internet back in 1994 or so was to put up a site and write restaurant reviews. Or stories. Or something. It would have been a … Continue reading