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My College Sweethearts

November 15th, 2008 at 4:16 pm » Comments (2)

It suddenly occurs to me that I wrote my first love poem 26 years ago. I wrote it in Apple ][ BASIC. I just had to tell her how fine ...more »

Love, Sympathy, and Value

September 19th, 2008 at 3:24 pm » Comments (0)

The September 13 episode of the Philosopher's Zone podcast really struck a chord with me. I spent most of the episode mumbling non-verbal cues of non-committal acquiescence, but by the ...more »

Watching Whales in the Sink

May 19th, 2008 at 2:47 pm » Comments (0)

Much of my childhood was spent in the towns of Hanford and Tulare, in a region once called the Tulare Basin, not far from the dry bed of Tulare Lake. ...more »