Monthly Archives: November 2016

Animal Cruelty and Robots

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Roger Walck

“Not Our Kind,” by Nathan Heller. The New Yorker, 11/28/2016. Articles like this are what keeps me a subscriber. It is so meaty, so full of insights, I feel I have been locked overnight in a bakery with more goodies … Continue reading →

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Wisdom and the Death Of Fidel Castro

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Roger Walck

“I’ll be 90”, the former president said [Fidel, in April], adding that this was “something I’d never imagined.  Soon I’ll be like all the others.”  (News report) I always believed the evidence that we achieve deep wisdom as death approaches. … Continue reading →

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Losing Our Way (Without An E-Trex)

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Roger Walck

Just as we suspected, we have more trouble navigating as we age. Getting lost is one of the first symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. According to this Internet report, the deterioration of our ability to navigate starts in our teens. (If … Continue reading →

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Turning Off LED Lights

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Roger Walck

Jumping right to the conclusion, if you have LED lights, don’t go out of your way to turn them off (except as the last thing at night). I have always been a habitual light-turner-off person. If I pass through a … Continue reading →

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Reconstruction Of the Ocean City Boardwalk

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Roger Walck

I hope you have been watching the reconstruction of the Ocean City boardwalk on the website AtTheShore.com. Boardwalks are pretty simple structures, but to tear them down and rebuild them quickly requires a lot of planning and heavy equipment. This … Continue reading →

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Pari Passu and Vedi Supra

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Roger Walck

Back in my early days of employment, I worked with a distinguished research chemist who, for reasons beyond me, loved to sprinkle Latin terms throughout his writing that no one ever heard of. Two of his favorites were pari passu … Continue reading →

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Candice Bergen And a Happy Life

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Roger Walck

Candice Bergen turned 70, and is comfortable looking her age, as well she should.  She is happily free from the runway-model thinness. She started out with the right genes. Her mother, Francis, was a Powers model who went by the … Continue reading →

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Chinese Women’s Headdresses

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Roger Walck

This is my favorite of all the bizarre headdresses, a style once worn by China’s Long-horn Miao minority, according to the Internet reference. It is of natural hair saved by the women and by many generations of their long-dead ancestors. … Continue reading →

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Turner Milk

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Roger Walck

I was trying to remember the once-familiar name of the company that delivered our milk when I was growing up. I knew it was neither of the two biggies, Sealtest and Abbotts. If I only saw it, I would recognize … Continue reading →

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Tracking Down “Pee Like Queen Anne’s Prize Horse”

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Roger Walck

In my fallible memory, my grandparents used the phrase, “pee like Queen Anne’s prize horse,” except back then, they would have used the more acceptable term “wee-wee.” (“Tinkle” was used by relatives in nearby Primos.) I hoped to confirm the … Continue reading →

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