The April Fools

Those are my neighbors up here on the Plateau who expect Spring in April. This morning we’re waking up to a beautiful fluffy snowfall. It was raining when we took our walk about 11 PM, but changed over during the night, So now I’m looking out upon a “landscape drawn in pearly monotones”, as the … Continue reading The April Fools →

Peerless

..that’s me No I don’t mean I’m head ‘n’ shoulders above my peers; I mean I don’t HAVE any. I’d say our closest peers are usually our college friends, right? They are of an age, and of a socioeconomic and educational level, with us. Where are these women now? How do they look? Have they … Continue reading Peerless →

India-China Startup Ecosystem Comparison – An Unbiased View

For over a week, there has been a comparison across social media between the startup ecosystems of India and China. Shortly after, during the second ‘Startup Maha Kumbh’ event in Delhi, India’s Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal repeated the same points verbatim. It’s unclear whether the meme influenced the minister or vice versa. While comparisons … Continue reading India-China Startup Ecosystem Comparison – An Unbiased View →

Dear Things

Sitting here in the living room of my beloved childhood home, I count 13 objects just on the mantelpiece alone. I didn’t put all of them there; they’ve been there since I was a kid. I didn’t buy any of them. There they are: 6 bronze figures, a cigarette holder made from a tiger skull, … Continue reading Dear Things →

X Automatically Suspends Me Again For Impersonating Myself!

This Pic Or Los Tres Amigos Photo?

…for the cover of my book?

I am become boots on the ground. Call me Mr. Bog.

https://youtu.be/Vq25ZJwZJzU?feature=shared

Officer of Marines: 1st LAV/LAI/LAR

AKA Lt Dangerous

The Comment Below Is Being Throttled On X: Is it totes racist and hateful?

Quick: how long since New Year’s Day 2025?

I’d make it 36 days. Not 36 years or months. DAYS. And yet, when JD gave his great pro-free speech oration in Munich this week— Munich, which had a few days previously suffered a mass murder by an Afghan Muslim— how many Americans remembered Shamsud Din Jabbar? He’s the guy who massacred a buncha people … Continue reading Quick: how long since New Year’s Day 2025? →