Author Archives: billybaba

DECEMBER 15, SUNDAY

SPATIAL PHOTOGRAPHS (1) This week Apple updated the operating system for the Vision Pro computer Spatial goggles.  First, let me say that it is very odd to be living in the future and reporting on discoveries that I am making

DECEMBER 15, SUNDAY

SPATIAL PHOTOGRAPHS (1) This week Apple updated the operating system for the Vision Pro computer Spatial goggles.  First, let me say that it is very odd to be living in the future and reporting on discoveries that I am making

DECEMBER 14, SATURDAY

BOREDOM One of the changes in technology is something that I read about today, January 4, in an opinion piece in the New York Times  by Chris Hayes, who has a daily show on MSNBC.  In it he comments on

DECEMBER 14, SATURDAY

BOREDOM One of the changes in technology is something that I read about today, January 4, in an opinion piece in the New York Times  by Chris Hayes, who has a daily show on MSNBC.  In it he comments on

DECEMBER 13, FRIDAY

INDIVIDUALISM AND COOPERATION This is an idea that seems so simple to me that it must be incorrect.  It makes polarized behavior seem perfectly natural.  So I’ll try it out anyway.  We have evolved into individuals who each has her

DECEMBER 13, FRIDAY

INDIVIDUALISM AND COOPERATION This is an idea that seems so simple to me that it must be incorrect.  It makes polarized behavior seem perfectly natural.  So I’ll try it out anyway.  We have evolved into individuals who each has her

DECEMBER 12, THURSDAY

HUMAN NATURE (2) For the last two weeks I have been dealing daily with the realization that I live in a country where a man who seems entirely self centered, not caring about anyone else, who has repeatedly lied and

DECEMBER 12, THURSDAY

HUMAN NATURE (2) For the last two weeks I have been dealing daily with the realization that I live in a country where a man who seems entirely self centered, not caring about anyone else, who has repeatedly lied and

DECEMBER 11, WEDNESDAY

HUMAN NATURE (1) I am not a scientist.  When I accidentally enrolled in Physics for Physics majors as my choice to meet the science requirement at Wooster College it was revealed to me how little scientific aptitude I had.  Somehow

DECEMBER 11, WEDNESDAY

HUMAN NATURE (1) I am not a scientist.  When I accidentally enrolled in Physics for Physics majors as my choice to meet the science requirement at Wooster College it was revealed to me how little scientific aptitude I had.  Somehow

DECEMBER 10, TUESDAY

APPLE INTELLIGENCE So today Apple Intelligence arrived on my iPhone. Actually I know from experience that artificial intelligence was involved in the taking and processing of the photographs that I take without my being aware how. I have a suspicion

DECEMBER 10, TUESDAY

APPLE INTELLIGENCE So today Apple Intelligence arrived on my iPhone. Actually I know from experience that artificial intelligence was involved in the taking and processing of the photographs that I take without my being aware how. I have a suspicion

DECEMBER 9, MONDAY

GERLINDE BORIGHT’S EISENHERTZ FRIENDS When Todd married my daughter Susie he brought me into his family, his three sisters who have become such good friends, and then also his family’s friends. When Todd was a boy his family lived in

DECEMBER 9, MONDAY

GERLINDE BORIGHT’S EISENHERTZ FRIENDS When Todd married my daughter Susie he brought me into his family, his three sisters who have become such good friends, and then also his family’s friends. When Todd was a boy his family lived in

DECEMBER 8, SUNDAY

FEEDING HOPE: GOURMET DINNERS AT NANOSTEAD On Sunday Susie and I had dinner at Nanostead. The gourmet meal was rabbit, seared cabbage and roasted sweet potato. On a cold winter night the event was held in a large white tent

DECEMBER 8, SUNDAY

FEEDING HOPE: GOURMET DINNERS AT NANOSTEAD On Sunday Susie and I had dinner at Nanostead. The gourmet meal was rabbit, seared cabbage and roasted sweet potato. On a cold winter night the event was held in a large white tent

DECEMBER 7, SATURDAY

BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER The second piece that the ensemble performed was an almost whimsical critique of American mainstream news and capitalism called THE POSSIBILITARIAN EVERYTHING IMPERATIVES SHOW AND GRAY LADY CANTATA #9. Figure it out for yourself. After the

DECEMBER 7, SATURDAY

BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER The second piece that the ensemble performed was an almost whimsical critique of American mainstream news and capitalism called THE POSSIBILITARIAN EVERYTHING IMPERATIVES SHOW AND GRAY LADY CANTATA #9. Figure it out for yourself. After the

DECEMBER 6, FRIDAY

BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER On Friday I saw Bread and Puppet Theater for the first time. They are a performance group from Vermont, founded in the 1960’s, who do radical theater with large puppets and giant masks. They have come

DECEMBER 6, FRIDAY

BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER On Friday I saw Bread and Puppet Theater for the first time. They are a performance group from Vermont, founded in the 1960’s, who do radical theater with large puppets and giant masks. They have come