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Author: jamie

Monday Meme #22 — Saving the World

Monday Meme #22 — Saving the World
jamie July 18, 2016February 5, 2018 Real People No Comments Read more

Monday Meme #21 — Dangerous Dreamers

Monday Meme #21 — Dangerous Dreamers
jamie July 4, 2016February 5, 2018 Real People No Comments Read more

Monday Meme #20 — The Scotsman

Monday Meme #20 — The Scotsman

You might have thought that the idea of “taking back” words with derogatory meanings was a relatively new concept.  Not so, as today’s meme demonstrates.

jamie June 27, 2016February 5, 2018 Opening Lines No Comments Read more

Preventing the next Orlando — the Cumulative Act Effect

Experts in risk analysis have a model they use to describe the dynamics of disasters and our efforts to prevent them.  It’s called the cumulative act effect, or more frequently (and popularly) the Swiss cheese model.  In short, it imagines

jamie June 14, 2016 personal, political No Comments Read more

Monday Meme #19 — Leslie Charteris

Monday Meme #19 — Leslie Charteris

Leslie Charteris (1907-1993) created one of the most enduring characters of adventure fiction: Simon Templar, aka The Saint.  This quote is from one of the early Saint stories.  

jamie June 6, 2016February 5, 2018 Real People No Comments Read more

Monday Meme #18 — Windows of Perception

Monday Meme #18 — Windows of Perception
jamie May 30, 2016February 5, 2018 Real People No Comments Read more

Monday Meme #17 — Fascism In America

Monday Meme #17 — Fascism In America

In case anyone thought that the candidacy of Donald Trump was entirely without precedent, I offer up Huey Long.  If you try a Google image search for him, you will very quickly find I’m not the first to think so.

jamie May 23, 2016February 5, 2018 Real People No Comments Read more

Monday Meme #16 — Barbara Billingsley

Monday Meme #16 — Barbara Billingsley

Returning from a two-week absence due to illness, I cheer myself up with this one.

jamie May 16, 2016February 5, 2018 Real People No Comments Read more

Monday Meme #15 — Paul Wellstone

Monday Meme #15 — Paul Wellstone
jamie April 25, 2016February 5, 2018 Real People No Comments Read more

Monday Meme #14 — Dumb Questions

Monday Meme #14 — Dumb Questions
jamie April 18, 2016February 5, 2018 Real People No Comments Read more
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“You have to keep your stuff in a pile, and then when you get to the next technology you have to take and recopy it into the new technology, and you have to keep doing that until you die.”John C. Dvorak

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From the Blog

  • It Is Time For a Change. A Rededication.
    I have lived the last six years of my professional life trying to serve two masters, pursue two paths, to eat my cake and still have it. I’ve been advised many times this is a fool’s errand, that it will never work, that it is a waste of time and energy. And yet, I have
  • Monday Meme #51 — Intellectuals in America
      This is the final Monday Meme in the series.  I’m shifting my focus to a more fully realized webcomic series, which I call Musings In Grayscale.  The first comic in the series will be published October 15 and future installments will appear twice a month, on the 1st and 15th. Thanks for sharing this
  • Opening line of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    Monday Meme #50 — Harry Potter
    My penultimate Monday Meme honors the way the whole Harry Potter phenomenon got started: the opening line of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, published just 20 years ago.

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