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time is an illusion

Physicists claim to have observed subatomic particles (neutrinos), which behave as if they travel “backwards” through time. What can this possibly mean? Are we like passengers playing bridge in a train hurtling through the night past another train going in… Continue Reading →

St. John's, USVI

We got in last night about midnight. The ferry across from St Thomas was plain and simple. We observed many of the local people who sometimes sat taciturn and vacant or idly chatting like anyone on their daily commute —… Continue Reading →

friday in frisco

Sun Aug 3, 1997 One of the reasons I want to keep a journal is because I’ve already forgotten what we did the night before last. I remember now. Before Saturday came Friday. And Friday evening I remember as being… Continue Reading →

Confessions of a Contractor

Once upon a time there was a company called XYZ. It was founded by some of the brightest contractors in the heydays of contracting at ABC Corporation. These people were really something. Some of them billed their time out at… Continue Reading →

Ed and June

I just got back from Austin. Am I exhausted. I had to go to this meeting to set technology policy for the company. It was mostly a bunch of bullshit. You know how these things go. But I got a… Continue Reading →

Crested Butte

Sunday, 3/10/1996 Big day here on the side of the mountain. The days start off quite hectic with everybody going in different directions, except for me, I am lying still with the pillow over my head. But Pam has already… Continue Reading →

recollections of a drive from Austin to Durango

We had a wonderful time in Colorado. The drive was surprisingly enjoyable in the giant gypsy wagon. Our first stop of note was Santa Fe — an odd little town at the historic crossroads of the Pecos Trail and the… Continue Reading →

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