I was on a Zoom conference call this afternoon where one of the speakers wished everyone a happy new year. “If we’re still OK to say that on the 26th,” she said. It made me wonder. Because I don’t know. I wished people a happy new year much earlier at the end of 2022 than… Continue reading

I’ve got a love-hate relationship with podcasts. I’ve been listening to them on and off for more than 15 years, during the first wave in the middle 2000s and then again over the last decade. I’ve enjoyed any number of them, whether it’s “RadioLab” or “Ask Me Another” from public radio or content from the… Continue reading

I’m old enough to remember when TV was free, at least after the set and the electricity. Today, it’s anything but. I am paying more than $200 a month for the privilege to watch TV. This isn’t a cranky old guy complaint. Even when I got my first apartment in 1990, cable TV was only… Continue reading