The poor man. Not invited to the party with its fancy festivities and marching military parades. Unable to hobnob with his besties, Xi, Vladimir, and Kim. He whines that they are conspiring against us. Conspiring. You think!?
Yearly Archives: 2025
These and Many Other Things
Sat, 30 Aug 2025, 01:54 PM (-06:00)
There is too much good in America. If I were Vladimir Putin, I would undo it all. For example, I would cancel US wind power projects sabotage the American EV industry gut US expansion of solar power expand Clean Air Act exemptions for coal-fired power plants roll back rules governing clean water and climate change roll back […]
First American Edition
Sat, 23 Aug 2025, 07:13 AM (-06:00)
1. Are Those Your Books? As the room was emptying, a student walked up. There had been many questions that first day of class, questions about rates of change and concavity, about what the diagram really meant. I figured she was following up. “Mr. Hasan,” she said, “are those your books?” I put down the […]
Chairs and Lakes in Michigan
Tue, 5 Aug 2025, 06:08 PM (-06:00)
At a “random public boat ramp” on Lake Huron, Gregg and Kelley say that they found this view to the east. It was a sunny day. The sky and lake were blue. They had the place to themselves until some fishermen showed up. And then there was this. What is it with chairs and lakes […]
Only the Lonely
Tue, 5 Aug 2025, 02:09 AM (-06:00)
Ada Years ago I dove into the programming language Ada. The NASA lab was funding me was deep into it, but they were far away, and no one here was interested. Here, it was either FORTRAN, or it was C. But I had drunk the Kool-Aide. Ada was difficult to learn in isolation but not impossible. […]
Courage or Fear
Mon, 4 Aug 2025, 07:31 PM (-06:00)
Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker to his guests from Texas: …how do I make sure that we’re standing on the right side of history? There’s a simple answer. The wrong side of history will always tell you to be afraid. The right side of history will always expect you to be courageous. Expect courage from people […]
Home
Sun, 20 Jul 2025, 02:51 PM (-06:00)
So our summer vacation was at an end. We had been on the road a month, had slept three nights in a real bed, roasted in the sun, shivered in the cold, survived gray and wind and rain, managed to avoid biting fly season in the Upper Peninsula, slapped many mosquitos and tweezed a few […]
On Half Mile Lake
Sun, 20 Jul 2025, 02:09 PM (-06:00)
Morning and evening light on Half Mile Lake: We left this behind a month after we’d left Austin. Tell me again, why did we do that?
Huckeberries
Sat, 19 Jul 2025, 06:46 AM (-06:00)
Huckleberries have grown on this hill for a long time. Warmed by the sun. Tended and picked and eaten by generations. They await the arrival of the next.