Architectural Abstracts
from the INTRODUCTION Looking askew and askance is a fun habit of mine. I tend to scan visual environments upside down and inside out. I don’t know if I am … Continue reading Architectural Abstracts
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NEW Photo Book
256 = the number of tonal variations between pure white & pure black My first visit to Yellowstone National Park was in 2008. Since then I can’t count the umpty … Continue reading NEW Photo Book
Touch the Future: A Look Back
One of my current online students asked if she could interview me for an assignment in another class. It’s for her History class. Each student, apparently, is giving out the … Continue reading Touch the Future: A Look Back
Are You Afraid?
Remember trick-or-treating when you were a kid? Going out again this year? Not so fast. Streets ain’t what they used to be no more. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Queen of the Ruff Collar
A quick google search of “pyometra” is enough to rattle anyone’s composure. Dr. Montor wasn’t open on weekends but she got Tzuri under the knife first thing Monday morning, three … Continue reading Queen of the Ruff Collar
Broadway Boogie Woogie
I got to thinking how I would have loved to have been an avant garde painter or musician in New York City back in the 40s when it was the … Continue reading Broadway Boogie Woogie
(III) Which Conspiracy Theory Is Right for You?
INTRODUCTION Itching to join a conspiracy but not sure if you’re qualified? So many are clamoring for admittance that conspiracy groups have become highly selective. It’s a seller’s market. But … Continue reading (III) Which Conspiracy Theory Is Right for You?
(II) Anti-Vaxxers
Would you believe anti-vaxxers have been around since before there were vaccines? Long before Edward Jenner began working on a smallpox vaccine in the 1790s? Centuries ago, in a procedure … Continue reading (II) Anti-Vaxxers
(I) 9/11 Conspiracies
THREE SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT REGARDING THE 9/11 ATTACKS The first theory is the official story, and maintains that 19 Arab fundamentalists executed a surprise attack which caught US intelligence and … Continue reading (I) 9/11 Conspiracies
Bullshit 101
Fake news, alternative facts, bold lies. Disdain for evidence coupled with a contempt for expertise. Deception has been around forever – even in subhuman species; ravens “fake-cache” food when being … Continue reading Bullshit 101
Common Good (?)
How do we balance the protection of individual liberty with promoting the common good? That’s a question making headlines and tearing our nation apart. And one that is particularly problematic … Continue reading Common Good (?)
Truth Is A Four-Letter Word
Facts are irrelevant. Many people today not only ignore facts but willingly embrace obvious lies and outrageously false claims. Discussions seek not to enlighten but to inflame emotions and whoever … Continue reading Truth Is A Four-Letter Word
The Digital Fix
As an undergraduate psyche major I used a Skinner Box to study operant learning in pigeons. Later in grad school I worked with such exotic critters as coati mundis and … Continue reading The Digital Fix
Giblets & Flapdoodle 