2023

I like his name. Charles Babbage. It reminds me of Dustin Hoffman’s character in Rain Man when he keeps repeating his brother’s name, “Charlie Babbit.” Also, Charles Babbage reminds me of cabbage for obvious reasons. And I like cabbage. Babbage. As a result of his life, we can pay our electric bill while we are […]

Recollections. Cheerleading.I never had any inclination of becoming a cheerleader. Of my siblings, I only know of one who participated in cheerleading. Sibling number five, a sister. Instead, I played soccer, basketball, softball, track, and other various sports in lesser quantities. I think my choices were good, given that cheerleading is the sport with the

Speech is quite a thing. It is the expression of thoughts and feelings by articulating sounds. Now I’m wondering two things here. Is singing a part of speech?And.Is yodeling a part of singing? Because when we sing, we are expressing thoughts. Either our own thoughts or someone else’s. But we do it by making musical

I have an app on my phone. Actually, I have lots of apps on my phone.But the one I’m thinking about is called PT-PRO. PT could stand for anything. I always think about John F. Kennedy on PT-109. In that case, it stood for “Patrol Torpedo” boat. PT could also mean Physical Therapy. Or even

Have you ever been talked into doing something you didn’t want to do? You know those times. Someone smoothly asks you to be somewhere or to join some kind of group. Maybe they implore you to take on a task or go on a trip. And the minute that three-letter word escapes your mouth. That

I can picture it now. The very day. But first. Let’s talk about Charles Darwin’s boat. It was called the HMS Beagle. Whenever I read about Darwin sailing around the Earth, visiting all the little nooks and crannies of the world, it is always clear that he is traveling in the HMS Beagle. Her Majesty’s

The movie came out in 1996. Ghosts of the Mississippi. I am pretty sure that is the first time I had ever heard of Medgar Evers. I’m sorry to say this is true about me. I would have been 32 years old. I’m thinking about this because two years before that movie coming out, on

You. Me. And three billion other people. In all, there are eight billion of us on the planet. That means roughly 38% of us use Facebook. Oh. Love it, hate it. And call it what you will. It is just like all the other forms of social media out there. Born to snoop, really. We