Author Archives: billybaba
JULY 3, MONDAY
PHILOSOPHY An odd thing happened this week. On June 28 I responded to an article in the New Yorker by Agnes Callard titled The Case Against Travel. Essentially I responded to her complaints about traveling by agreeing that people who
JULY 3, MONDAY
PHILOSOPHY An odd thing happened this week. On June 28 I responded to an article in the New Yorker by Agnes Callard titled The Case Against Travel. Essentially I responded to her complaints about traveling by agreeing that people who
JULY 2, SUNDAY
HERMANN WAYD Today I attended a funeral in Baltimore, I think, although I am not sure since I saw it on You Tube. The funeral was for a man whom I never met but had heard about. His name was
JULY 2, SUNDAY
HERMANN WAYD Today I attended a funeral in Baltimore, I think, although I am not sure since I saw it on You Tube. The funeral was for a man whom I never met but had heard about. His name was
JULY 1, SATURDAY
EVOLUTION I’ve just finished reading The Rise and Reign of the Mammals by Steve Brusatte and I am still a little stunned as I have been all the way through the book. He tells the story of the history of
JULY 1, SATURDAY
EVOLUTION I’ve just finished reading The Rise and Reign of the Mammals by Steve Brusatte and I am still a little stunned as I have been all the way through the book. He tells the story of the history of
JUNE 30, FRIDAY
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE I’ve just read an interview with Ted Chiang, a prizewinning science fiction writer, about artificial intelligence. He isn’t starry eyed or dazzled by AI, he is very practical. He said a couple of things that touched me. He
JUNE 30, FRIDAY
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE I’ve just read an interview with Ted Chiang, a prizewinning science fiction writer, about artificial intelligence. He isn’t starry eyed or dazzled by AI, he is very practical. He said a couple of things that touched me. He
JUNE 29, THURSDAY
ANTHROPOCENE I am half way through The Rise And Reign Of The Mammals which started 300 million years or so ago, way before the rise and fall of the dinosaurs but only a brief period in the history of earth.
JUNE 29, THURSDAY
ANTHROPOCENE I am half way through The Rise And Reign Of The Mammals which started 300 million years or so ago, way before the rise and fall of the dinosaurs but only a brief period in the history of earth.
JUNE 28, WEDNESDAY
CULTURE Thinking more about travel today I am wondering about the culture in which I am embedded and the two sides of culture for me. Again this is a subject that is beyond me. But at the least I can
JUNE 28, WEDNESDAY
CULTURE Thinking more about travel today I am wondering about the culture in which I am embedded and the two sides of culture for me. Again this is a subject that is beyond me. But at the least I can
JUNE 27, TUESDAY
THE CASE AGAINST TRAVEL Apple News+ brings me articles from a wide variety of magazines that I don’t need to subscribe to and has expanded my understanding of science and politics and religion. A New Yorker article yesterday seemed directed
JUNE 27, TUESDAY
THE CASE AGAINST TRAVEL Apple News+ brings me articles from a wide variety of magazines that I don’t need to subscribe to and has expanded my understanding of science and politics and religion. A New Yorker article yesterday seemed directed
JUNE 26, MONDAY
OLD FORT The town of Old Fort is about twenty minutes away on Interstate 40. It is just over the Black Mountains which rise above the town of Black Mountain. At the top of the hill is the continental divide
JUNE 26, MONDAY
OLD FORT The town of Old Fort is about twenty minutes away on Interstate 40. It is just over the Black Mountains which rise above the town of Black Mountain. At the top of the hill is the continental divide
JUNE 25, SUNDAY
RESTORATION HOTEL AND TAORMINA Last night at Old Asheville Jail Hotel and Bar Rob Amberg told me a little more about Taormina which is five miles from the seaside hotel where he is going to celebrate his 75th birthday on
JUNE 25, SUNDAY
RESTORATION HOTEL AND TAORMINA Last night at Old Asheville Jail Hotel and Bar Rob Amberg told me a little more about Taormina which is five miles from the seaside hotel where he is going to celebrate his 75th birthday on
JUNE 24, SATURDAY
TOURIST SATURDAY Saturday Susie and I went to town to look at the Black Mountain College Museum exhibit on the connection between Black Mountain College and Mexico organized by Eric Baden who has just retired from teaching photography at Warren
JUNE 24, SATURDAY
TOURIST SATURDAY Saturday Susie and I went to town to look at the Black Mountain College Museum exhibit on the connection between Black Mountain College and Mexico organized by Eric Baden who has just retired from teaching photography at Warren
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 