IT'S OFFICIAL. I'M WALKING. AGAIN. 14 Jan 2011 | 05:14 pm

We spend Thursday evenings at the Knapp School of Music, an arm of the local recreation department where instructors and students spend their spare time in small rooms with scratched wooden floors fil...

The End of Another Year 18 Dec 2010 | 03:58 pm

Toward the end of last year, I e-mailed an old friend that I on ly talk to a couple of times a year. I wanted to give her a concise update of what had been going on in my life lately. This was before ...

The Essay on Illusions - Part III; "C" Again 23 Nov 2010 | 06:01 pm

An octave above or below. Well it took me seven months, but I finally got moved into the big corner office that came with my promotion (don't be jealous, it's in the basement). A new desk accompanied...

The Essay on Illusions - Part II; F# 28 Oct 2010 | 04:34 pm

Illusions are not just visual phenomena. They can be auditory, too, like the Tri-tone Paradox referenced in the title of this series. Also, I'm fairly certain that if we humans had more advanced sniff...

An Essay on Illusions in 3 Parts 24 Oct 2010 | 03:38 pm

A Tri-tone Paradox For Your Eyes. Part 1 - "C" - Middle C? Maybe. . . . . . Apparently Dr. Phil did a show this week about personality types. I know nothing about Dr. Phil and have never seen his sh...

Family Reserve 16 Oct 2010 | 03:48 pm

Back in July, a couple of weeks before the Boston 3-Day, I went down to Virginia for a family reunion. I mentioned it here in an earlier blog post on July 9. I find myself thinking about it from time ...

Supermarket Flashmob 3 Oct 2010 | 03:29 pm

Frozen Grand Central 3 Oct 2010 | 03:29 pm

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Freeze! 3 Oct 2010 | 03:23 pm

First of all, thanks for your patience. I had some repairs made to my wrist back in September and was out of commission from a typing perspective for a few weeks. Thanks for all the good thoughts sent...