Author Archives: billybaba
DECEMBER 27, FRIDAY
BACKLASH I am not an academic, I am certainly not a scholar, my response to India is almost entirely a sensual one, not an academic one. But one thing that I stumbled on in reading about India was the reasons
DECEMBER 27, FRIDAY
BACKLASH I am not an academic, I am certainly not a scholar, my response to India is almost entirely a sensual one, not an academic one. But one thing that I stumbled on in reading about India was the reasons
DECEMBER 26, THURSDAY
THE SINGULARITY I just began reading a book called “The Singularity is Nearer: When We Merge With AI” by Ray Kurzweil who is an engineer at Google. He is the inventor of a synthesizer that can recreate the grand piano
DECEMBER 26, THURSDAY
THE SINGULARITY I just began reading a book called “The Singularity is Nearer: When We Merge With AI” by Ray Kurzweil who is an engineer at Google. He is the inventor of a synthesizer that can recreate the grand piano
DECEMBER 25, WEDNESDAY
GODS I just had another sudden realization which reveals to me how slowly I think and how blind I am to the obvious. It makes me think that I might be the last person for this to dawn on. It
DECEMBER 25, WEDNESDAY
GODS I just had another sudden realization which reveals to me how slowly I think and how blind I am to the obvious. It makes me think that I might be the last person for this to dawn on. It
DECEMBER 24, TUESDAY
DECEMBER 24, TUESDAY CHRISTMAS My family has always celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve because Kathe, my wife, was German and she was the one who made Christmas magical in the same way her German mother had made Christmas magical for
DECEMBER 24, TUESDAY
DECEMBER 24, TUESDAY CHRISTMAS My family has always celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve because Kathe, my wife, was German and she was the one who made Christmas magical in the same way her German mother had made Christmas magical for
DECEMBER 23, MONDAY
GODS I just had another sudden realization which reveals to me how slowly I think and how blind I am to the obvious. It makes me think that I might be the last person for this to dawn on. It
DECEMBER 23, MONDAY
GODS I just had another sudden realization which reveals to me how slowly I think and how blind I am to the obvious. It makes me think that I might be the last person for this to dawn on. It
DECEMBER 22, SUNDAY
IRV Today Susie and I stopped by to visit with Irv. Irv and I are about the same age but he hasn’t been in good health lately, first spending a month and a half in the Veterans Administration hospital near
DECEMBER 22, SUNDAY
IRV Today Susie and I stopped by to visit with Irv. Irv and I are about the same age but he hasn’t been in good health lately, first spending a month and a half in the Veterans Administration hospital near
DECEMBER 21, SATURDAY
MAL’S BAR OPEN FOR THE NIGHT. A crew has been hard at work restoring MAL’S Bar. After the parade a large crowd squeezed in to order drinks from large ice filled styrofoam chests and to listen to a band play.
DECEMBER 21, SATURDAY
MAL’S BAR OPEN FOR THE NIGHT. A crew has been hard at work restoring MAL’S Bar. After the parade a large crowd squeezed in to order drinks from large ice filled styrofoam chests and to listen to a band play.
DECEMBER 20, FRIDAY
SOLSTICE PARADE The second event on Saturday was the yearly Solstice parade in which a woman who organizes the yearly parade with help from others made 80 brightly colored lanterns for people to carry in a parade through the dark,
DECEMBER 20, FRIDAY
SOLSTICE PARADE The second event on Saturday was the yearly Solstice parade in which a woman who organizes the yearly parade with help from others made 80 brightly colored lanterns for people to carry in a parade through the dark,
DECEMBER 19, THURSDAY
FLOW POP UP SALE This is the first of three events that happened in Marshall on Saturday, winter solstice. The buildings of Marshall are all hollowed out after tropical storm Helene caused the French Broad River to rise almost 30
DECEMBER 19, THURSDAY
FLOW POP UP SALE This is the first of three events that happened in Marshall on Saturday, winter solstice. The buildings of Marshall are all hollowed out after tropical storm Helene caused the French Broad River to rise almost 30
DECEMBER 18, WEDNESDAY
DAVID MYCOFF I learned today about David MyCoff’s death on Sunday. I had heard the week before that he was sick but with no more information. It turns out the three weeks ago he was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer.
DECEMBER 18, WEDNESDAY
DAVID MYCOFF I learned today about David MyCoff’s death on Sunday. I had heard the week before that he was sick but with no more information. It turns out the three weeks ago he was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer.