Priscilla ought to be a model. When I asked if I could take her picture she not only consented, but she struck a pose and held it. So all three pics look practically identical. Priscilla and her roomie Mike moved into the house a few doors up the street back in December. She had an … Continue reading Priscilla
I Hate Dickovers!!!!
I’ll let John Gruber explain what a dickover is: dickover n. : a modal panel, popover, or curtain presented by a website or app, deliberately obscuring its own content to frustrate the user with an unwanted, unnecessary, mandatory interaction; e.g. asking the user to accept “cookies”, subscribe to a newsletter, install the website’s mobile app, agree to terms … Continue reading I Hate Dickovers!!!!
A Class Action
It’s a Class Action! I received a notice via email that I’m a member of the class that has reached a settlement with The University of Pennsylvania, the Owner and Operator of Penn Medicine, for disclosing its patients’ personally identifiable information to third parties via tracking pixels offered by Facebook in violation of blah, blah, … Continue reading A Class Action
What Should Schools Be Teaching?
A few weeks ago I happened to notice one of the daily prompts that some folks use as inspirations for writing posts. I forget the precise wording but it was something along the lines of what do you think schools ought to be teaching that they currently aren't? Of course, I think they ought to … Continue reading What Should Schools Be Teaching?
A Trip to CVS
I went to CVS to pick up some prescriptions and get some eye drops. Because we’re in the big, bad city, many of the items are locked up behind glass doors, and one has to summon someone to come and unlock the door in order to retrieve the desired item. So it is with eye … Continue reading A Trip to CVS
The Curious Incident of the Car in the Parking Lot
I still hadn’t found a job in the spring of 1971, and one morning I remember leaving the townhouse to walk over to the parking lot where my car was parked. The car, of course, was my parents’ car, a 1962 Oldsmobile convertible. At least I think it was a 1962 model. I know it … Continue reading The Curious Incident of the Car in the Parking Lot
My Top Ten TV Shows of the 20th Century – #9
This is the ninth post of a series. The previous posts are: #1: The Howdy Doody Show#2: 77 Sunset Strip#3: The Edge of Night#4: The Defenders#5: #6: The Dick Van Dyke Show#7: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour#8: The Mary Tyler Moore Show#9: St. Elsewhere #10: The West Wing Sorry for not finishing this series in a timely … Continue reading My Top Ten TV Shows of the 20th Century – #9
Howie and Bonnie
It was during the period in early 1971 that I became good friends with Howie Fatell and Bonnie Glantz. Howie was one of the three guys who lived next to us in the townhouse at 737 Southgate, and Bonnie was his girlfriend. In addition to being a fullltime student, Howie had a job as a … Continue reading Howie and Bonnie
Encore At the Proms
Yannick brought the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra to the Proms this year, and they performed an evening of Richard Strauss music, including the final scene from the opera Salome and the tone poem Ein Heldenleben. At the end there was an encore, but things didn’t go quite as expected. By the way, the video that Yannick … Continue reading Encore At the Proms
I Wish
Sometimes I come across items that I’d like to have that I don’t really need or cost more than I want to spend. For example, a year or so ago I bought a standing mixer, which I like very much. But every now and then I notice that it strains as it’s working. So the … Continue reading I Wish