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  • The Danger of Voice Recognition

    What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings?

    Humor sometimes.

    I was writing an essay yesterday.

    The first paragraph is my writing.

    The second must have picked up by a phone conversation in the other room mixed with one with my son in Berlin.

    There was a social event in our neighborhood that I didn’t really want to go to. It was a meeting where we argued over large subjects such as how many trees to plant in the park and what vendor we should hire to refill the dogs poop bags. Our agenda today was to check the speed bumps over on Lincoln Road.

    Hey, are you home? Call go how was the flight? How long was it? That’s not bad. How much did that cost you? Just just curious what do you remember? What airline are you serious? No wow that’s pretty cool. That was she says on the phone with her friend from Connecticut

  • Gute Reise

    Gute Reise

    If you had a free round-trip ticket to anywhere, where would you go?

    Off the top of my head (I am only going to list places I have not visited, as currently I head often to Europe to see the kids.

    • Vietnam
    • Helsinki
    • Albania (headed there in May)
    • Leningrad
    • Chile
    • Egypt
    • Istanbul (going in May)
    • Iowa (never been there)
    • Cuba
    • Prince Edward Island

  • Murder of One

    Murder of One

    What’s a song that changed your life?

    I wish I would’ve managed post divorce life better than I did. I got into a relationship that I shouldn’t have..

    Counting Crows fans are a delightful and odd group of people. I hear many people say their music helped them get through tough times in their lives.

    I remember hearing the song Murder of One (WHFSin Washington DC) by the Counting Crows when passing over the Potomac river in Maryland on my way to work. The first time I heard this, I thought this was a group I would rather like.

    The hit on that album was Mr. Jones and it was getting plenty of airplay. I was glad the first song I heard was Murder of One of one.

    I got into a long-term relationship with a girl, and I think the only thing we had in common was that we both liked The Counting Crows.

    Well, I’ve been watching you for hours
    It’s been years since we were born
    We were perfect when we started
    I’ve been wondering where we’ve gone

    … All your life is such a shame, shame, shame
    All your love is just a dream, dream, dream

    Our relationship was a train wreck and I’m happy. I took the initiative to end it.. and I guess the title Murder of One, it’s appropriate here. The one being our relationship as she wasn’t the one.

  • Let’s Talk Ethics

    Let’s Talk Ethics

    What are your thoughts about cryptocurrency?

    • Donald Trump reported over $1 billion in crypto-related income in his 2025 financial disclosure.
    • Trump raised over $500 million from World Liberty Financial token sales and equity stakes.
    • The president’s crypto company earned $635 million by licensing his name for branded meme coins.

    President Donald Trump reported more than $1 billion in income tied to cryptocurrency ventures in 2025, his annual financial disclosure shows, underscoring how digital assetshave rapidly become one of the most lucrative parts of his business empire.

    Needless to say this is clearly, borderline impeachable if Anybody in government had a backbone.

    But if the president uses the office to enrich themselves—or accepts benefits tied to official actions—Congress could view it as corruption or an abuse of public trust and pursue impeachment. The Constitution’s emoluments clauses may also be relevant, especially if profits or benefits come from foreign governments; how those clauses apply to crypto arrangements is not definitively settled. (Brennan Center for Justice)

  • Birds on a Wire

    Birds on a Wire

    Share a few recent shots from your camera roll, no context needed.

    It was nice of these birds in the neighborhood to congregate and greet me as I headed out on a rainy Monday morning run. The rainyrainy season has started here in the Pacific Northwest.

    For the most part, it’s welcome as people think. It rains here all the time. We get less rain per year than watching DC. It just rains more often. Most of us living here like it.

    Especially the birds.