Month: October 2025
“I am a Jewish man.” —Daniel Cainer
As I was thinking about these matters yesterday (for obvious reasons), this popped up in my YouTube feed. Who knows why the algorithm chose it for me. In any case, even though I was never a bar mitzvah — or… Read More ›
No Trump. No Kings.
Be sure to turn on closed captioning for this one, so you can see the parts that you can’t hear: https://youtu.be/_2KOMWr0qNA
Very sad news
My sister, Ellen Davidson, died unexpectedly in her sleep Wednesday morning at age 77. No information yet about cause of death, although she did have Parkinson’s, so that may be it. If you knew her, you realize that she was… Read More ›
Triple threat: Carl Sagan, critical thinking, and an exam
Carl Sagan. A blast from the past, you’re going to tell me! But not really. As several commenters have pointed out after watching the video linked below, he’s more relevant than ever at this point. So go watch it yourself… Read More ›
Dumpling Kitchen
Yum! Barbara and I enjoyed a truly delicious dinner yesterday evening from Dumpling Kitchen in Mattapan, a new-to-us Chinese restaurant. We started with three flavorful appetizers: har gow, Peking ravioli, and scallion pancakes. Each was better than the next, and… Read More ›
The Last One
Don’t read this novel if you are susceptible to nightmares! Amazon calls Will Dean’s The Last One “an unputdownable locked-room thriller,” which is true as far as it goes. I would like to tell you more, but I don’t know… Read More ›
A Scourge of Vipers
My one-word review is “meh.” Bruce DeSilva’s A Scourge of Vipers is not a bad mystery. (There’s litotes for you. You can look it up, as I think I said in my last post in a different context, though still… Read More ›
Morning glories on a glorious morning
Chiasmus here. (You can look it up.)
Learning Strategies 