As humans, we owe the survival of our species to our ability control the often-dangerous world around us.
So we’re kind of hard-wired to try to do that as much as possible.
And, to help us, we invent technologies.
Only later do we realize that the inventions that we’ve embraced have [more...]
Boo!
Today is Halloween.
So, if you live in the U.S., then tonight, you’ll probably be doing one or more of the following four activities:
When most people think about scientists, they think of really smart, really nerdy men who are socially clueless.
So, basically, it’s the same way that most people think about computer gurus.
The Big Bang Theory is a pretty funny sitcom about four really smart, really nerdy scientists and their attractive female neighbor.
As expected, most of the show’s humor comes from [more...]
Anyone who has spent much time reading my personal adventures on this Web site knows that I’ve dealt with some pretty rough characters over the years.
Including liars, cheaters, narcissists, violent people, addicts and mentally ill people.
But, if you had asked, I probably would have told you that I’ve never known a psychopath.
However, today, I saw that the World English Dictionary [more...]
What do the following things have in common:
1. Your car’s GPS.
2. Your car’s automated voice prompts.
3. Your voice-mail’s menu system.
4. Your bank’s/phone company’s [more...]
Have you ever known an old person?
Or are you an old person?
I’m guessing that you’ve experienced at least the former.
And you probably hope that, far, far in the future, you’ll also experience the latter.
At work, a couple of months ago, a [more...]
Until I was about seven years old, my family lived upstairs from my grandmother.
In fact, the main reason we moved out was because my grandmother died.
Back then, it was pretty common to see families with two or more generations of adults.
Grandparents, parents, grandchildren, all living under the same roof.
By choice — [more...]
The woman who cuts my hair is very experienced.
In fact, when she cuts someone’s hair, she can tell by looking at the way it has grown out, whether she was the one who cut it last time or not.
I have no idea what it is that she recognizes, but, every once in awhile, she will be walking behind someone and she’ll stop them to talk, because she recognizes her handiwork [more...]