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January 7, 2025Brief thoughts

What reading/writing/sharing mix?

Something I’m grappling with right now is what’s the right mix of reading, writing, and creating or sharing one’s own thoughts. And […]

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January 6, 2025What I'm reading

My next audiobook: Knife by Salman Rushdie I enjoy audiobooks that are narrated by the author. I’ve never read anything by Rushdie […]

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January 1, 2025January 1, 2025Reflection

Winter as a Verb

Earlier this month, a friend shared something on a social media account about “winter” as a verb (rather than a noun). It […]

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December 17, 2024On the web

https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/well-intentioned-advice-no-reason-abandon-19962270.php

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December 17, 2024Brief thoughts

This is a really cool thing to see from the Albany Public Library: you can now “check out” concert tickets to Albany […]

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November 16, 2024Brief thoughts, In the news, Trees

Another Lorax reference

A tree with bright red leaves against a blue sky.

Okay, I’m adding another reference to the Lorax on my blog. It’s not mine this time, but the Times Union’s Steve Hughes, […]

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November 13, 2024November 13, 2024Brief thoughts

Counting Calories

Our local food writer Steve Barnes has a column in today’s Times Union about the challenges of calculating the nutritional content of […]

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October 20, 2024Brief thoughts

Gas prices rising and electric expected to fall? Good thing I have heatpumps being installed to replace my gas-powered forced air system […]

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October 16, 2024Brief thoughts

There’s an article in the Business Journals about how employers are struggling to pay the increased cost of newer pharmaceuticals. At what […]

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October 13, 2024Brief thoughts

Moving up in the world?

Living in the Albany area is often an exercise in living with cognitive dissonance. Twenty-first century Albany is simultaneously a small American […]

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