The Quantum of Life I have written in the past about string theory and ring theory, but doubt I could give you an elevator pitch on either. I think I am a reasonably intelligent guy, and I’m certainly well-educated by most standards. Nonetheless, I know a fair bit about my limits. I hit some of those limits ( a funny mathematical pun which gets me right to my “limit” when it comes to mathematics) as…
Wandering Through Caracas I spent my first four years of life in Caracas. I don’t think I really remember anything from Caracas even though I have a few mental images that could be a genuine recollection. Then I find an old black and white picture from those early days in Caracas and I realize that what I thought was a memory might have really been nothing more than my having seen the old photo. And…
The Enchanted Village Birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim, and Kim gotta sing. Now that we live out here, Kim is singing with a choral ensemble called Encore. Technically they only have two big shows each year and one of those was last month in La Jolla, where she gave the Eleventh Hour solo, which was a big hit. Here we are a month later and Kim has volunteered with the group to sing in…
The Ethics of Ethics I am in a bit of an ethical funk at the moment and its about my ethics course, which I just finished and which I am preparing for next semester. For all the years I have been teaching (since 2007 to be precise), I have wanted to teach ethics at the graduate business school level. I suppose ethics in Kindergarten, Grade School, High School and Undergraduate is not so very different,…
The Sloth From the Black Lagoon I am back to my peaceful existence today on the hilltop. After a sleepless night spent grading and writing, I got some Z’s this morning before going to the “Perfect Workout” with Kim. She loves to say, as she did to the gym of four people this morning, that she can do anything for 20 minutes. That gives me the comedic opportunity to say back to the gym (while…
The Rounded Earth This morning I have good news and bad news. The news of Reverend Warnock’s Georgia Senate win was last night’s news. I applaud Hirschel Walker at long last for conceding defeat in what must have been a great moment of relief to him. He clearly got cajoled into the race and I’m sure for some time now he has been wondering what in hell he was thinking. Many of us have some…
Where’s Waldo? I am thoroughly confused. I consider myself a very rational person. I am a sequential reasoner. If A=B and B=C, then A=C. What is so hard about all of that? Isn’t that what made America great? Well, I am once again staring at the clock and it says 4:44 and I don’t mean in the late afternoon. Both Kim and I were very tired last night after a long day traveling back to…
Polymals on the Loose I have a funky few days here in Manhattan this week. Usually I’m in New York either to see the kids or for Kim’s singing performances. We did the whole Lincoln Center gig thing last visit and the early kid Christmas activities were this weekend. I’ve been doing early Christmas with the kids for 33 or so years, so I’m pretty used to that program. My older kid’s mother is a…
Skin Tags We were watching a movie last night, The Family Stone, staring Diane Keaton and various other celebrities. Two of the actresses who were in the younger generation of the family were Sarah Jessica Parker and Rachel McAdams. During the camera close-ups, it became obvious that each had a similar mole on her right-side chin, which distinguished her face with what our society generally calls a beauty mark. It was funny seeing a well-known…
In the Dead of the Night There are many things you can call 4am. If you are staying up late to party or for one reason or another, it is the wee hours of the night. When you wake up in the middle of the night as I often seem to do these days, it is right on the cusp at this time of year of being early enough to go back to sleep but…