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Monthly Archives: December, 2024

AULD LANG SYNE

LET’S LOOK FORWARD to a Happy New Year tomorrow. But here on New Year’s Eve, it’s fun to be reflective with the Best of 2024, sorta. I’ve selected seven postings … Continue reading

December 31, 2024 · 5 Comments

HOLIDAY CHEER 2024

SEASONS’ GREETINGS TO YOU ALL. Let’s close off this at-best mixed year with laughs gleaned from a variety of Internet sleuthing and my fondness for SiriusXM “Radio Classics.”  A Bunch … Continue reading

December 24, 2024 · 12 Comments

THE AUTO INDUSTRY (SANS TRUMP, MUSK)

YESTERDAY WE REVIEWED Automotive News tidbits admittedly gleaned with political twinges. But enough already. There are plenty of tidbits in the auto industry to continue the theme sans you know … Continue reading

December 23, 2024 · 4 Comments

THE AUTO INDUSTRY (AND TRUMP AND MUSK)

MY AUTOMOTIVE NEWS PILE HAS BUILT UP AGAIN with tidbits a’plenty. Generally, like any large segment of the economy, the auto industry (comprising 7 percent of U.S. workers and 3-5 … Continue reading

December 22, 2024 · 4 Comments

PARK IT HERE, PAL

DAILY PASSPORT’S MARISSA KOZMA DESCRIBES “5 Architecturally Stunning Parking Garages Around the U.S.” Each is an example of how a ubiquitous multistory box can assume character as well as utility. … Continue reading

December 21, 2024 · Leave a comment

IS THERE A RIGHT OF IGNORANCE? PART 2

YESTERDAY, WE LEARNED NEARLY HALF OF AMERICANS do not reliably know the difference between fact and opinion. Today in Part 2, lamentably enough, the ignorant/uninformed include pre-President Trump and at … Continue reading

December 20, 2024 · Leave a comment

IS THERE A RIGHT OF IGNORANCE? PART 1

MERRIAM-WEBSTER DESCRIBES THE NOUN IGNORANCE as “the state or fact of being ignorant : lack of knowledge, education, or awareness.” Further, it defines the adjective ignorant as “1 a: destitute of knowledge … Continue reading

December 19, 2024 · Leave a comment

A.I.—ITS CREATIVITY, ITS ABDUCTIVE REASONING, AND ITS GRANNY DAISY

PETER COY’S “HOW DOES A.I. THINK? HERE’S ONE THEORY,” The New York Times, December 16, 2024, is replete with tidbits to be gleaned. And, in another note entirely, a grandmotherly … Continue reading

December 18, 2024 · 7 Comments

MUNICH HAPPY SNAPS PART 2

AS NOTED YESTERDAY, THIS STARTED serendipitously with Munich happy snaps from 2002. We continue our trippin’ today in that Bavarian city’s ViktualienMarkt just south of Marienplatz and conclude in a … Continue reading

December 17, 2024 · 7 Comments