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“You don’t bring me FLOW… anymore.”

“No Kings, Just Bling!”

The National Portrait Gallery, which shares space with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, is an underrated experience for visitors of Washington, DC. For starters, it’s free. Secondly, it boasts a panoply of American artworks that include paintings by Edward Hopper, Norman Rockwell, and Grandma Moses, sculptures by Frederic Remington and Augustus Saint-Gaudens, as well asContinue reading ““No Kings, Just Bling!””

“What ever happened to…?”

What ever happened to those cardboard periscopes that were once ubiquitous at professional golfing events? I’d like to take this opportunity to start an internet rumor that it was young boys using them to look up women’s skirts that led to their eventual ban. I assure you that this is not based on personal experience.Continue reading ““What ever happened to…?””

“Trivialities”

My wife was ribbing me the other day about someone’s name I couldn’t remember. It was right there at the tip of my tongue, and, given a month or two, I would have recovered it all on my own. Sadly, now that I’m on the wrong side of 60, these these happen not infrequently. TheContinue reading ““Trivialities””

“New Biometrics in Medicine”

I was brainstorming possible captions for this one and the best came from my friend JS: “When we started this project, our report turnaround times were in the toilet.” Taking callers now… Here are a few other contenders: “We won’t paper over your workflow problem.” “Hands-free when you need it most!” “At Draconian Healthcare, weContinue reading ““New Biometrics in Medicine””

“What more can you ask of life…??”

It’s an interesting thought experiment to ask yourself what you truly want out of life. I mean pizza, wings, beer and sports all have their place in augmenting our lives. But, then again, that depends on the pizza. Let’s be honest, most are mediocre. Many sound great in description and even look delicious to theContinue reading ““What more can you ask of life…??””

“Ghosting with Gas”

“Put your hand in the hand of the man…”

This seems an apt metaphor for our times, as a man blindly extends his hand through a hole in Yoko Ono’s conceptual art piece, ostensibly to shake hands with a stranger, yet there are no takers. In the COVID era, and in the highest period of partisan divide since the 1960’s/70’s, you’ll only get deadContinue reading ““Put your hand in the hand of the man…””

“London Calling”

We went to London. That’s a city in England. They drive on the other side of the road there, which makes crossing the street dangerous. But they are nice and remind you of this even though we revolted against them like 100 years ago. We saw a bench. We saw a play. It was reallyContinue reading ““London Calling””

“God’s Eye View”

Per Wikipedia, Dali was inspired to depict Christ at this steep superior angle by a drawing made by the 16th century Spanish friar John of the Cross, hence the painting’s name. It is an arresting perspective that provokes many ideas at once. And with this I contrast my experience at the Uffizi in Florence, whichContinue reading ““God’s Eye View””