It was just about a year ago, when I first saw the commercial on the boob tube. It was late at night, and I was watching a special presentation” of the classic movie “Doctor Zhivago”, one of the few movies ever made which appeals to both men and women.
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Now, This is Scary!
Since it is now “Halloween Time”, I have decided to write about something that I think is, in a word, scary. In fact, it’s scaring the hell out of me. What could it possibly be? Windows XP?
Read MoreThe Three Stooges Run For Governor!
I need to explain a few things: First, I am not what you would consider a “political person”. Oh sure, I care about who gets elected to which public office and all, but aside from that, I find the entire thing to be something of a snoozer.
Read MoreTrends, Fads, and other Oh-So-American Things
Okay folks, time for a brief trip back in time. Remember the first time you personally participated in a “fad”? C’mon, don’t be embarrassed.
Read MoreIn Search of A Column
Boy, this column writing stuff is fun! But, this time out, I have to admit something: I’m stuck. Yes indeed, I am stuck for a column. A lot of ideas come into my head, but a lot of them are just not worth writing about at all.
Read MoreLobotomized Bicycle Riders?
It’s May. (At lease it was, when I started writing this.) National Bike month, according to the League of American Bicyclists, a fine organization of which I am a card carrying member. Too bad the League’s national offices are down there in Washington, and not up here in Boston.
Read MoreAre you a Subversive? Join Me!
There is something I must confess to all of my readers. (Both of them) Something that is dark and sinister, something I have kept secret for some time. But, I’ve decided to share it with you. Are you prepared to assimilate this knowledge? Good, I thought you would be.
Read MoreNo Wonder I
I think I may have finally figured out why I’m so messed up. Yes indeed, the answer was staring me in the face, and has been for years. Now why am I in such a state of disrepair?
Read MoreBruce Black Get Lazy!
It happens to me every year at about this time, and this year, Anno-Domini XXII, is no exception. I felt it creeping up on me, oh, about mid-February I guess, and now, it is almost March, which is truly the most hateful month of the year, weather-wise, in the Boston area.
Read MoreThe Health Care Crisis Comes to Town, Big Time
I was going to write about something darkly funny this time, but something has come up this week, and I feel the need to vent. It involves the near total collapse of our nations health care system. Sooner or later, it’s going to hit you where you live. I know, because that’s exactly what happened to me, here in Waltham, Massachusetts, this past week. I mean this literally.
Read MoreIt doesn’t surprise me at all
Nope, It doesn’t surprise me at all.
As I have mentioned in some previous columns, I like to bike ride. I don’t race at all, save for a brief flirtation with low-level, “category 5” racing in the mid-80’s. I ride for the physical enjoyment, the exercise, all the usual “feel-good” reasons. I’ve been doing it for some time, I guess, having gotten my first “ten speed” as a teenager.
Read MoreManagement Math Strikes Again!
Over the past twenty-plus years of my working in the Massachusetts high technology industry, I have learned a lot of things, some good, and some not-so-good.
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I’m Important, and I can Prove It! This is that time of year when a lot of things happen, some good, and some not so good. Among the things I feel are not so good, are those endless offers that arrive in the mail from credit card outfits.
Read MoreSlippin
This an odd time or year in New England. The time has changed, and we are back on Eastern standard. For those of you living in other parts of country, this means that it gets dark by late afternoon, and the days are indeed very short.
Read MoreThere is Hope for Humanity After All!
It would be a gross understatement to say that a lot of bad things have happened this year, to all of us as a nation, and as a culture.
Read MoreMac Bashers
One of the things I promised myself, when I decided to start contributing to MyMac.com, was that I would not write about the technical side of Mac ownership and use. The reason?…
Read MoreNew Television Season
Well, here it is, that time of year when the big TV networks dump the shows that are stink bombs, (or, those programs that are not pulling in the “desired demographic”, apparently teenagers who spend their time and money at the mall.) and replace them with, you guessed it, more stink bombs. So, being the good little writer that I am, I am once again trying my fingers at writing for tv.
Read MoreOpen Letter to Music Industry Executives
I’m writing this open letter to the executives all of the big record companies.
Read MoreSomeone told me it
Banks. What on earth is going on with banks? You remember banks, don’t you? They’re the places where they keep the money. Or at least, they used to be.
Read MorePleasant Valley Revisited
Pleasant Valley Revisited. Like most of my fellow aging baby-boomers, I have fond memories of growing up in the sixties.
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