As I write this, 20 of the 33 miners trapped for over two months under half a mile of Chilean bedrock have been rescued. Half a mile. Two months. Bobbles the mind, as a friend used to say. Should we be ashamed that yesterday, even as the first miner was being pulled to safety, we […]
I’m a thief. Not what I’d call a serious thief, but I have taken things that didn’t belong to me and there’s little doubt that I’ll steal again. My claim to the moral high ground is forfeit. I rationalize that nobody misses anything that I take from them, so no harm is done. Morning papers […]
Published at Technorati. A friend of mine who’s battling diabetes, obesity and a host of other ailments just found out about Honda’s new “personal mobility device,” the U3-X. He sent me a link to the promo video for this paramecium-shaped Segway descendent, and seems pretty excited about it. Not I. It reminds me of Bernard […]
