Stop the Madness

Stop the Madness

I don’t mean to sound like a curmudgeon, since I’m not, really, but there are some things that just need to be said about how things clearly are headed in this technological world we inhabit. News of interactive appliances, self-driving cars, bots and algorithms that determine what gets fed to us over the Internet has …

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The New Normal

The New Normal

“The New Normal.” That phrase, already becoming hackneyed through use, pretty much tells it like it is. Whether in New York or Nice or London or Barcelona, terrorists’ use of vehicles to mow down innocent people has become part of that “new normal.” Why bother with hijacking or blowing up an airliner when one can …

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Physician, Heal Thyself!

Physician, Heal Thyself!

No, this isn’t about drugs or addiction or ODing, or any of those things. It is about frustration, though. Frustration with the medical profession. Frustration in trying to create sense where sense seems not to exist. Frustration that can lead to scenes such as in the image. Fall down on the floor, tear out your …

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From Water to Water

From Water to Water

“ . . . for water thou art, and unto water shalt thou return.” Taking a little poetic license here with the wording of Genesis 3:19 to illustrate the intrinsic nature of hydrogen technology. We’ll get to how that works, but first a little background, about me, and about hydrogen and its use in electricity-producing …

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The Hurricane Next Time

The Hurricane Next Time

Another week, another hurricane. There was Harvey. And then Irma. Jose is heading north. Maria has worked its devastation. Hurricane Season being what it is, the storms line up across the Atlantic and the Pacific. Whatever the next time is, there will be a next time. And another hurricane. I’m back aboard my boat after …

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