This whole Coronavirus... oh, wait, sorry, this just in... Novel Coronavirus (so don't even bother looking in the non-fiction section, Citizen!)... sorry, not scary enough, ok, how about (clears throat in authoritative way, takes sip of water...) COVID-19! That scare the pan...

20:20 Vision -- all will become clear

“Man was made for joy and woe

Then when this we rightly know

Through the world we safely go.

Joy and woe are woven fine

A clothing for the soul to bind.”

― William Blake

I had this whole thing written out about all the horrible things t...

It may be considered odd in this day and age, but I still like to read from paper. Books and magazines don't mesmerize the brain, and I feel like I get more cognitive bang for my buck when reading from them. Even if our screens aren't hypnotizing us, reading from paper reduc...

Stock markets have had a couple of very bad days to start Q3. That's not a big deal in itself. In fact, it would be healthy for stocks to correct by 20 percent or more after an 11-year bull run.

That will not be allowed to happen.

Wait a minute, Chuck, didn't you just sa...

(Clever title, right?)

"Love" and "Nature" are both widely used words and, as such, betray the inadequacy of words. We use these words all the time. We see them in the media, in advertising. It seems to me that most of us don't even know what they mean, really.

I'll just st...

I really don't mean to be pedantic or anything like that. This is more for me. If someone else finds it useful, that's groovy, but that's not the point.

Here it is in text form. Feel free to share.

Every Day To-do List

• Drink plenty of water
• Tell (or show) someone that you ...

This is going to be a long one. It's not possible to do justice to how I'm feeling about saying goodbye to my old friend and 10-year family member, Gadget, the best cat I ever knew.

For one thing, I'm feeling conflicted about the way in which we did it. I'm against euthanasi...

Everything is perfect now. I have exactly the multimedia blogging platform I have always wanted. The only thing left to do is to add some great content, and the prospect of doing that excites me.

Well, OK, that's not the only thing needing to be done. There are still a few ...

Multimedia Everywhere, for Everyone

Isn't that the dream? Your own little YouTube, Soundcloud, and blog all in one with no censors or corporate overlords or cancer-causing comment sections? No likes except for somebody tipping you a few Satoshis anonymously, no middle school...

Finally got time and inspiration to code, and lots of cool stuff has been added to this blog that you can't see yet because the content has not been added: There's now an audio object/content type and podcast feed, along with a regular rss feed for the normal blog posts. Fee...