It is a climb of 400 steps to the top of San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill. Through vertical neighborhoods of quirky … More
Category: Life, the universe and everything
Blogs about pretty much everything else
How to borrow life
A World War II pilot burned beyond recognition, two surgeons honing their skills while tending to wounded warriors, a young … More
Life in the ‘human rut’
Your thought for the day: “They would fail. We would always fail. We weren’t built to do anything but fail. … More
Flirting with algorithms
So now I’m a digital guy
Hold my beer while I commit a little newspaper heresy. I’m a newspaper man. It’s how I made my living … More
The world moves on
“The need to recreate the myth of coherence may be one of the reasons why history exists in the first … More
Sympathy for the Donald
With apologies to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
What comes next?
We hope for the best. And prepare for the worst.
Ron’s sense of snow
Canadians think Americans are loopy anyway. But if you really want to evoke eye-rolling and dark mutterings from our northern … More
Winter’s still coming
Yes, we were all disappointed in the series finale of Game Of Thrones. Is that all there is? No, actually, … More
