RIP, Tom Lehrer. A musical and comedic genius, whose music is central to my own performance repertoire, and has shaped my sense of humor. One of my best friends in college introduced me to his music, toward the end of my undergrad days. I spent much of the little free time I

My local Lowe's, Walmart, and Ace Hardware no longer carry any Glyphosate plant killers. In this respect we are becoming Europe... You can still find some on Amazon... for now.

RIP, Jim Lovell.

Another mild summer in Texas. Second one in a row.

As an American, this photo should make you feel proud. The leaders of Europe, heirs to the great kingdoms and empires of the old world—Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Ukraine—have traveled to your capital city to petition your democratically elected leader for desperately

Anyone else old enough that their mind went to thinking Meta rented too many movies (maybe forgot to return a few), an that's the reason they can't hire anyone now? 🤣

Consumer-level AIs feel like bad customer-service reps. They give you an easy answer which sounds good, has some likelihood of being true, but in more than the most basic problems is just BS. When you point this out, and go through multiple iterations of this process, you

8 years of shouting into the void. 😁

Grumpy pre-morning-coffee philosophy... 🤣

Twenty years ago today, October 5, 2005, I arrived in the US, to stay for good, and make this country my home. I feel privileged that I have been able to do so. 🇺🇸

You know, if you had a 50-year mortgage (if those came to the market in the US), by current regulations you could always pay that back faster than over 50 years, right? Would you want to? There is a good argument to be made for borrowing as much as possible on your house, and

On this day, November 9, 1989, just before 7PM Central European Time, Günter Schabowski, Information Minister of the German Democratic Republic, uttered the slightly confused sentence: „Das tritt nach meiner Kenntnis … ist das sofort – ,unverzüglich‘.“ This seeming

Why do I suddenly have notifications enabled, for all these accounts, for which I never enabled notifications? Grok , any ideas?

One of my constant gripes is how the US consumer has been neglecting their duty in the hospitality market. Looks like that's improving and we're seeing results. Eateries are turning to deals and better operations to compete at a time when many consumers cling to their kitchens