Buy the Dip

It’s advice to investors. The recommendation is to invest in stocks or funds when the price of an asset is lower than usual as a […]

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Chatting with a Bot

When I retired in 2011, I created a LinkedIn profile in which I gave my then current occupation as Consultant – self-employed. For the remainder […]

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Bulky Trash

We have bulky trash pickup a couple of times each year. It’s the time when folks put old tires, dead appliances, and old furniture on […]

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More Duck Porn

I bought duck hindquarters for dinner tonight. Susan decided to prepare them for roasting in the oven. They got a sprinkling of salt and Chinese […]

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Ancestry

I received an email today alerting me to my updated Ancestry.com profile. I attach it below for general interest. My friend, Fred (The Gar) Garcia, […]

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This Week in COVID & other stuff

Here is Dr. Klotman’s Week 177 COVID update. The wastewater viral loads, like the COVID hospitalizations, continue to rise. Fortunately, the deaths are flat. The […]

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Hummingbird Porn

Every nature photographer knows that a shutterbug’s most powerful tool is patience. This afternoon, as I chatted on the phone with my brother, I noticed […]

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Well Done

In The Matrix (1999), Cypher jacks into the Matrix to meet with Agent Smith to arrange a trade. He wants to live in the Matrix […]

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The Endgame

I’m not talking about Marvel movies although I thoroughly enjoyed that one. And this post isn’t really about chess despite the fact that its opening […]

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I Don’t Want CPR

I’ve addressed this issue at least twice in the last twenty years. The first time was when my physician colleague, Dr. Hemlock, asked me to […]

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