I wrote yesterday about my possibly retiring this space in favor of migrating all of my blogging to ForgottenStars.net , because of Reaso...

 So, as social media companies exercise more and more control over the content users post, and as those companies employ algorithms that are...

The fifth episode of the great Carl Sagan show Cosmos  is titled "Blues for a Red Planet". The episode focuses on Mars: a history ...

 More photos from a two-day trip! Huzzah! When last we checked in , The Wife and I had just finished up a visit to a Cayuga Lake winery. Nex...

 Some nifty stuff in the pipeline--I'm not going to keep ignoring Richard Strauss, now that I've opened him up on this series--but f...

 The Wife and I made our annual trek to Ithaca and the Finger Lakes this weekend. Our trip was timed a bit oddly and was truncated by a day,...

 Normally I don't post on Sundays much, but...well, today's my birthday. I am now fifty. Here's what fifty (minus two days, sinc...

 Here's the thing: I'm fine with wearing a mask. As in, I'm genuinely fine  with it. Not only does wearing one not bother me, bu...