The tragedy in Charlottesville and ensuing cacophony has inspired me to offer my perspective of the history involved. The monuments in...

I saw the first episode of the first season of Game of Thrones As of this writing I have finished Episode 8 of Season 2. Or is it Episode...

I note with some concern a series of stories about the Nevada rancher locked in a struggle with the U.S. Government over his payments for...

The four-engine plane carried 15 persons, nine crew and six passengers and nary a trace was ever found. One passenger, a Chinese-American...

The crisis in Ukraine over Crimea has launched news producers into warp drive to find analysts, commenters, commentators, talking heads,...

I looked back and realized that I did not finish my adventure with my new Roku box. To replay, I ordered a Roku 3 to replace the Roku so...

I learned how to follow topics with the use of hashtags. In this case #Crimea will bring up every tweet involving the crisis between...

I’m not going to quit Twitter, but I doubt that I will spend time tweeting nor will I assemble a following. I can get all the important...

I am experimenting with Twitter. I don’t have a particular need for tweeting, but I felt compelled to learn more after an emergency in...

I often consider what normal features of daily life would be incomprehensible 20 or even 10 years ago – smart phones, tablets, online...

As posted here before, I have begun to explore audio books in addition to hard copy books and e-books. In the past month or two I have...

Today I bought and I sold via Amazon.com. I tried to buy toys for my grandsons the old fashioned way, but when I got there, the toy store...

I usually have two books going at once, one a work of fiction and the other some kind of history book. With the Kindle I can have three...

I just completed a couple of desktop home movie projects, another genre of the technology revolution. I was a participant in the growth...

One thing I like to do is participate in online forums (fora?). These are the discussion groups. Back in the early days of the Internet,...

I am reading the biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson which I recommend from a number of viewpoints. First, it’s well researched...

Yes, an entire year since the last post. Not that I haven’t had anything to write, I just haven’t written it here. Here’s hoping I do...

I recently published, via Amazon.com’s print-on-demand program Create Space, my historical novel Down The River. The story grew out of my...

The recent demise of Osama Bin Laden has caused many to declare that justice has been done. Even the president says this. Calling the...

The recent tragedy in Tucson didn’t bring an end to the silliness that has inspired my posts recently. First the Sheriff of Pima County...