Author Archives: billybaba

MARCH 14, THURSDAY

TECHNOLOGY Today the Zapbox was delivered through Amazon by way of the US Postal Service. I ordered it ten days ago. It is the third way, and the best so far, of looking at spatial videos in 3D. It is

MARCH 14, THURSDAY

TECHNOLOGY Today the Zapbox was delivered through Amazon by way of the US Postal Service. I ordered it ten days ago. It is the third way, and the best so far, of looking at spatial videos in 3D. It is

MARCH 13, WEDNESDAY

BALLAD NIGHT IN MARSHALL Once a month a group of old time ballad singers meet at the Marshall Jail restaurant, Zadie‘s, for of couple of hours of ballad singing. They don‘t get paid for doing this, although they do pass

MARCH 13, WEDNESDAY

BALLAD NIGHT IN MARSHALL Once a month a group of old time ballad singers meet at the Marshall Jail restaurant, Zadie‘s, for of couple of hours of ballad singing. They don‘t get paid for doing this, although they do pass

MARCH 12, TUESDAY

TECHNOLOGY There seem to me to be two sides to technology based on the computer. One side is the practical side of computer science and coding and inventing algorithms that is taught in technical colleges and universities leading to enormous

MARCH 12, TUESDAY

TECHNOLOGY There seem to me to be two sides to technology based on the computer. One side is the practical side of computer science and coding and inventing algorithms that is taught in technical colleges and universities leading to enormous

MARCH 11, MONDAY

MY PRACTICAL SIDE, MY WILD DREAMING SIDE As I’ve hinted at all along I have lusted after the Vision Pro at $3500, without ever seeing it, and have been held back by my practical self which balks at spending money.

MARCH 11, MONDAY

MY PRACTICAL SIDE, MY WILD DREAMING SIDE As I’ve hinted at all along I have lusted after the Vision Pro at $3500, without ever seeing it, and have been held back by my practical self which balks at spending money.

MARCH 10, SUNDAY

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT My son Tom had free VIP tickets to the two semifinal games in the Southern Conference Basketball Tournament at the Harrah’s Asheville Civic Center and he invited me to come along. The $9 parking was free,

MARCH 10, SUNDAY

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT My son Tom had free VIP tickets to the two semifinal games in the Southern Conference Basketball Tournament at the Harrah’s Asheville Civic Center and he invited me to come along. The $9 parking was free,

MARCH 9, SUNDAY

CAROLINE I learned this week that Caroline, my granddaughter is unable to have her internship in Geneva. She can only have an on line internship, so my plan to travel across Europe, visiting friends and relatives in various places and

MARCH 9, SUNDAY

CAROLINE I learned this week that Caroline, my granddaughter is unable to have her internship in Geneva. She can only have an on line internship, so my plan to travel across Europe, visiting friends and relatives in various places and

MARCH 8, FRIDAY

OLD MAN’S FRIDAY MEETING Every Friday my old man’s group of Warren Wilson College connected friends meet to talk. For the last two months I have tried to join the 10 a.m. coffee hour from Sri Lanka or India (at

MARCH 8, FRIDAY

OLD MAN’S FRIDAY MEETING Every Friday my old man’s group of Warren Wilson College connected friends meet to talk. For the last two months I have tried to join the 10 a.m. coffee hour from Sri Lanka or India (at

MARCH 7, THURSDAY

TRANSITION When I am writing this I have been back a week. I am just getting over jet lag. Since India is almost half way around the world, almost 12 time zones away, when I first got back my body

MARCH 7, THURSDAY

TRANSITION When I am writing this I have been back a week. I am just getting over jet lag. Since India is almost half way around the world, almost 12 time zones away, when I first got back my body

MARCH 6, WEDNESDAY

CONFESSION Today I had a psychological breakdown in Trader Joe, my favorite grocery store. I went in at a time when I had had a light breakfast, just before lunchtime, the worst time to go grocery shopping. But to make

MARCH 6, WEDNESDAY

CONFESSION Today I had a psychological breakdown in Trader Joe, my favorite grocery store. I went in at a time when I had had a light breakfast, just before lunchtime, the worst time to go grocery shopping. But to make

MARCH 5, TUESDAY

LAB CORE I’ve visited Lab Core laboratory twice since getting back from India to have blood drawn to test me for the presence of a whole variety of chemical properties which mean nothing to me. Apparently my creatinine is up

MARCH 5, TUESDAY

LAB CORE I’ve visited Lab Core laboratory twice since getting back from India to have blood drawn to test me for the presence of a whole variety of chemical properties which mean nothing to me. Apparently my creatinine is up