I’m so proud of myself. I bought a new printer. I didn’t want to, but the old one no longer printed in color. And then it printed blurry black and I put two new cartridges in and it didn’t fix the problem, after cleaning the heads and doing the rest of the procedures in the […]

RE: PANDEMIC CHANGES Travel to Europe lately? Essentially cashless with the occasional exception such as a mom and pop convenience store.  For years Europe accepted credit cards at the table when tabbing out at a restaurant.  What took the U.S. so long? We are not the progressive society we posit to ourselves and the world. […]

In March 2021, I got $500 from the bank. I still have $300. And I’m kind of uptight, because it’s all in C-notes, which are traditionally hard to break. But I never need to, because I can pay with my credit card or Apple Pay EVERYWHERE! I predicted back in 2014 that Apple Pay was […]

It’s gonna kill tennis. I was riding the lift last winter and my companion was a local. So I asked the usual questions, was she retired, how much does she ski… You see people move to the mountains to ski and stop. It’s classic. First you stop going on busy days, and then you stop […]