Expectations
Imagine if in the future each home has a “transportation pod.” If you want to go somewhere, all you’d have to do is walk in, say your destination, and within… Read more »
Category: Getting Old
Help from the machine…
One of my favorite Beverly Hillbillies episodes was among the first, in which Granny provided one of the best (and most useful) quotes in the history of television comedy: “He’s… Read more »
Utter Distaste
I was never a big radio listener. Mostly background noise. And now even more so. In the age of Spotify and YouTube and Amazon, I can’t see why anyone would… Read more »
Somewhere, out there…
When I started writing here, I had just turned 57. I’ve got a whole category on this blog called, “Getting Old” (the first piece of which was shortly after I… Read more »
Going…going…gone…
I was reminded a few days ago of what we’ve lost in the digital age. Pictures. Contrary to popular belief, the internet isn’t forever. It does forget. At least, the… Read more »
This can’t be real…
Football season in Korea used to mean getting up at 2 or 3 in the morning (depending on Daylight Savings Time) and going on base to see a favorite team… Read more »
Vanity?
“Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care. The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote… Read more »
Finding Simplicity
I’ve been ruminating on the stark, sterilized lives we live these days. Lives where everything needs to meet expectations, and those expectations always basking in the gleam of something new,… Read more »
A Couple of Old Guys
I like listening to what I call “throwaway” podcasts. That is, podcasts that’ll put me to sleep within minutes and that I don’t mind what I miss because of it…. Read more »
C’mon, it’s not that bad…
I had two people come into my office today telling me how brutally hot it was outside. I stayed in most of the day. My office is absolutely frigid, and… Read more »