In the legend of Blues’ guitarists, one runs deep, clear back to the 1930s. Son House was Delta blues musician before that was even a thing. He probably did not start the trend, but many adopted his style and some of the most famous became his prodigies. Names like Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters would […]
Science Fair
Another thing that COVID, or perhaps the COVID reaction, has trashed is the 6th grade science fair. Most of the California schools will be holding these as virtual events, which most likely means, more work for the parent putting together all the presentation that they will upload to the virtual fair site. I remember all […]
Endure the Inevitable
The trick to long sustained endurance is to give your primal mind no option for escape. You cannot, even for a moment, give that primal mind of yours any inkling or idea that there could be an escape, a way out. The moment you let that idea in your head it will begin to fester, […]
The Big Cheat Day
Today is the national cheat day. Where all the super health freaks take the day off and stop posting on social media for us all to see how awesome they are. Well, never mind, I just got an update from Pokimane. I think she might be livestreaming her grateful reaction to all her adoring fans […]
4 Days – No Phone
I dare, no in fact I double dare you. Do not use your mobile phone for 4 days in a row. Most people are taking thanksgiving holiday off, so this is a good time to take the challenge. Set your phone up on a charging cradle in a room, like your desk and leave it […]
Going Through Hell
“You have got to go through hell before you get to heaven.” – Steve Miller Most people remember Dante’s “Divine Comedy” by the description of the Inferno, of what we call Hell in modern terms. What most people do not remember, or perhaps never read the poem, forget is that Virgil guides him through the […]
The If Only Curse
Once upon a time there was a young farmer, who was given a small plot of land by the father of his newly wed spouse. They were so excited to build their first little home and get to work on the land that they had been granted. A generous gift and everything looked bright and […]
The Preparation
We often times think that success comes by discovery, luck or being in the right place at the right time. I was thinking about this today, when I read a news article about Elon Musk. We were born at the same time, we both founded companies about the same time and we both tried to […]
Reduce Ions
The electromagnetic spectrum is a convenient way to visualize all forms of energy transference that we know about. Effectively all energy is emitted from sources in the form of particles that follow an oscillating wave form. Human eyes can actually see some of these energy waveforms and we can distinguish the intensity. The more rapid […]
Zsa Zsa and the Nine
Zsa Zsa Gabor, the famous actress died at the age of 99, widowing her ninth husband, Prinz (not royalty) Frederick. She started as a beauty pagent winner, crowned Miss Hungary. She had to leave in 1941 because of the Nazi invasion and came to the U.S. She had a life on the Silver Screen and […]