Weather Notes (10/16/26)

It occurs to me that the date format used in the title can be ambiguous. It's certainly a local format. The longer form used for Friday Notes, (e.g. Oct 16, 2026), is specific but makes post titles longer than I like. I use the ambiguous form for brevity. But for the record, throughout this blog, … Continue reading →

Friday Notes (Oct 2, 2026)

I'm off to a late start (it's nearly noon) starting this early-in-the-month Friday Notes post. The delay is because I spent several hours this morning updating my Movies page (which lists my favorite movies as well as my rating system). I'm not done updating it; I want to add some lists of films … Continue reading →

Weather Notes (9/18/26)

For a bit over a year now, I've included various monthly weather charts and observations in the Friday Notes posts. In some cases, those sections were lengthy enough to call for their own posts. (Which would also keep those not caring about my local weather out of said weather.) Therefore, as of … Continue reading →

Human Revolutions

Back in 2023, I happened to read Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011), by Yuval Noah Harari. I ended up not impressed by the book [see Sapiens: The Book] but did find two aspects of it compelling and memorable: the idea of our facility with fiction, and the idea of game-changing human … Continue reading →