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Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

AI AI AI AI (Part 2)

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There are so many AI failures and atrocities, it's difficult to know where to begin. Chatbots are coaching vulnerable folks to commit su...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

2025 is in the books

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I used to be a great reader.  As a kid, I read a book a day. Six was the maximum number of books you could take out of the Worcester Public ...
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Book of the Year - Part 3

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The last couple of days, I've been making my way through   a list of the most popular books, by year  from 1945 on. Here's the final...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Book of the Year - Part 2

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Yesterday, I wrote about  a list of the most popular books, by year  from 1945 on, and got through the first couple of decades.  Moving righ...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Book of the Year - Part 1

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Now, I love lists. And I love books. So how fortuitous to stumble on a list of the most popular books, by year , from 1945 on. And, naturall...
Monday, January 27, 2025

Beware of hero worship

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It's not that it's a big surprise when a someone you admire turns out to be a behind-the-scenes POS.  For me, the someones I admire ...
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Bottom of the barrel at Cracker Barrel

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Although I've been to a Cracker Barrel a couple of times, I'll never be a regular.  There aren't many around here The calories I...
Monday, December 02, 2024

Kidulting? I'm here for it!

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Well, yesterday was a BIG ONE. Seventy-five. Gulp. No getting around it, I'm old. Make that OLD.  Or am I? Wondering when, exactly, old ...
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Thursday, November 21, 2024

Demon Copperhead. Such Kindness.

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I used to read a lot. Through much of my adult life, I'd guess I averaged 2-3 books a week. Although I did plow through many tomes - loo...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Need another reason to fear and loathe AI?

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I don't really hate AI. Not all of it, anyway. It's great and is going to be greater when it comes to assistive technology that wi...
Thursday, June 27, 2024

Girl Scouts Forever

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I was briefly in the Girl Scouts. Briefly . Very briefly. Not long enough to earn any badges. A very dispiriting experience. The only positi...
Wednesday, November 08, 2023

This is getting ridiculous

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A few years ago, an issue in the Virginia gubernatorial race centered on Critical Race Theory and parents' rights to control what their ...