Dec 17, 2019 | Random Musings
You may remember how we recently lost Basta, our cat of 17 years. I’m afraid that Perro, our second cat, has now followed him after a year-long fight with cancer. He’s survived by Easy (aka Izzy), our greatly misnamed dog. Perro was never our cat,...
Sep 11, 2019 | Random Musings
I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good. Mephistopheles, Faust Remembering 9/11Powered By the Tweet This PluginTweet...
Jul 29, 2019 | Random Musings
I’ve been putting writing this post for over a week now, but I think it’s time I did so. You may remember our cat of 17 years, Basta. I’ve mentioned him a couple of times and he indirectly features in my author bio as one of the two cats who were...
Jul 17, 2019 | Random Musings
The title says it all, doesn’t it? We’re back and nicely tanned, having spent a few days on the islands of Skyros and Evia. Located in the middle of the Aegean, Skyros is the place from where Achilles set sail for Troy after Odysseus discovered him in the...
Jul 7, 2019 | Random Musings
I’ll be taking a much-needed break this week. At first, I thought I’d simply schedule a few posts and respond to any comments upon my return. But, to me, the best part of blogging is interacting with you and reading what you have to say. So, I decided...
Jun 7, 2019 | My friends' Guest Posts, Random Musings
There seems to be an unwritten rule that writers have to be heavy drinkers, too. Hemingway, Joyce, Truman Capote, Edgar Allan Poe, William Faulkner, Bukowski… the list goes on. Some cheerily accepted their dependency, arguing that alcohol fueled their...
Apr 17, 2019 | Random Musings
As I’m sure you all know, Notre Dame was burned down on Monday evening. I had another post scheduled for today but had to share a couple of thoughts about the devastating fire which destroyed one of Europe’s — and Christianity’s — icons....
Mar 16, 2019 | Random Musings
This hasn’t been a good week for web companies. Facebook, WhatsUp, Instagram, Google Drive, and Gmail came under unspecified attacks and had trouble or even went offline for hours. In the case of Facebook, the troubles lasted some 48 hours, making this the worst...
Mar 1, 2019 | Random Musings
From your comments, it’s obvious that you most of you hate Gutenberg. Some, however, were on the fence. And a few have actually used it and seemed to enjoy it. There are some advantages to Gutenberg. We will have more control over the layout in native WordPress....
Feb 15, 2019 | Maps and Infographics, Random Musings
I will continue this special feature on online privacy and cybersecurity I started with my post, The Fight Against Fake News, with a post on Chinese efforts to tame the Internet. This will, hopefully, demonstrate the extent governments will go to in order to control...
