boomspeak

I recently read and highly recommend an essay in the NY Times by Roger Rosenblatt entitled Ain’t Dead Yet. He lists rules for the elderly to keep themselves elderly (as opposed to the alternative). Examples include “Marry above your station” and “Don’t share despair.” His book is entitled “More Rules for Aging.”

One rule in particular struck a chord f...

In the world of recreational mathematics—a crowd I am decidedly not a member of—a strobogrammatic year is one that remains identical when rotated 180 degrees. I know this despite having no business being in the “mathlete” circle. I’m so far removed from the math world that for years I thought Avogadro’s Number was just the secret ingredient in a really expensive batch of guac...

Ever heard of the Ngorongoro crater in Tanzania? It’s a huge sunken bowl of an extinct volcano making a kind of enclosed zoo for many species of African fauna. I was part of a tour into this self-contained Eden conducting what are called ‘game drives.’ Basically, eight us Americans sat in an open-sided Land Rover while our driver pointed out the elephants, flamingoes, jackals...

Have you heard the term mini-hoarder? Tell the truth. Are you saving some things that you are absolutely certain you will never use? I’ll tell you mine if you tell me yours.

Here’s a few suggestions to get you started before I share. Do you still own cassette tapes but not the cassette player? Or how about a rotary phone in your house that has no RJ11 wiring? Speaking ...

Some things to think about.