Internet access is still unavailable on most flights. For the time being neither is cellular phone use (although I find it really hard to believe that its use has anything to do with aircraft instruments). The result is that unless you fly at night, and get your usual portion of sleep, you have a lot [...]
Two articles I saw in as many days made me think about the situation of the global economy. One was on the Wall Street Journal, titled “U.S. Farmers Reclaim Land From Developers”, was talking about farmers reclaiming land from developers for the purpose of agriculture (Wall Street Journal, November 14, 2011, link – http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204621904577018201607304964.html). The [...]
A few weeks ago my wife mentioned that a friend of a friend emailed about a Saturday field trip. As I am programmed, I asked when was this planned for, and when the answer came that it wasn’t the coming weekend, I must have muttered something and forgot about the whole thing. As nature goes, [...]
I’m usually a happy guy. I mean not ecstatic, as in walking around with a huge smile on my face, you know the Cheshire Cat style. But seriously, I usually am content. I realized that I’ve been down for a few days now and I couldn’t figure out why. I went through the usual suspects: [...]
Read the book of Ecclesiastics, the last book written by King Solomon, the smartest man who ever lived. Should you ask why should you read that book, I have at least two good reasons. The first one is that it’s not on the book list when it comes to religious people. It’s most commonly ignored, [...]
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