I am writing this in the air. I'm on my second flight today still trying to make it home after yesterday's flight cancellation. I am very happy to be in the air. We spent half an hour sitting on the tarmac with our engines off due to weather delays. I was afraid I was going to … Continue reading The mysterious disappearance of the woman in seat 26B
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June 10th was the 10th anniversary of my moving to Chicago. I meant to write about this milestone earlier, but the weeks of this summer have slipped away as quickly as the years of my Chicago tenure. It doesn't feel like ten years, but there is much evidence convincing me this is true. I now have … Continue reading Celebrating my first 10 years in Chicago
I try to be optimistic. I try to assume that things will be turn out okay. I even tried to believe that when Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. I knew there would be bad things that would happen, but I felt that we as a society would survive it. But every … Continue reading Please don’t let the bad of society overshadow the good
I live about a mile from Lake Michigan. The beach is right there. Still, in the past we rarely went. I wrote last year about not going to the beach very often over the summer, and I wrote last month about worrying this year would end up the same. Luckily, that has not been the … Continue reading If I can manage to go the beach I can achieve anything! (Maybe)
The Internet is forever. That's what I warn people from a privacy perspective. But the Internet is only forever until it's not. Websites are redesigned or deleted all the time. Bookmarked links become dead ends. But if something you were looking for online doesn't appear to there anymore you may still be able to find … Continue reading Go back in time with the Internet Archive Wayback Machine