The last time I wrote about "the new normal" was when I redefined the term in June 2020. In that blog post, I explained that I began using the term because others used it. Recognizing that the pandemic wasn't going away in the near future, I … [Read more]
Why I Don’t Know My Password
For the better part of a decade, I employed a mnemonic password system to remember every password for every website that required one. In early 2020, I deleted every password that mattered and replaced them with a randomly-generated string of … [Read more]
A New Republican Party
CNN published a fascinating collection of opinions from 11 voices in the Republican Party with their speculations on the party's future. Doug Heye thinks the Republican Party is irrelevant. Mia Love supports increased diversity. Scott Jennings … [Read more]
What If Anti-Trump GOP Groups Worked Together
Republican Voters Against Trump, Republicans for the Rule of Law, and Former Republican National Security Officials for Biden are coalitions of lifelong conservatives and Republicans, and former Republicans, who are fed up with the Trump Presidency … [Read more]
My First Amazon Review
I created my Amazon account in 1998. Every time I search for a product, I sort the resulting list by average customer reviews. This enables me to peruse how many total reviews were written and which percentage gave four and five stars. Then, I … [Read more]
Portrait of the Coronavirus
5 countries. 96 hospitals. 27,584 patients. 187,802 lab tests. ...and 1 disease called COVID-19. A team of international researchers analyzed electronic medical records for coronavirus cases from January 1 to April 11 in France, Italy, … [Read more]