Our interplanetary visitors will save us!
Author: DOuG pRATt
Once a Humbug, Always a Humbug
The con man is revealed. He admits he’s a con man, while insisting he’s a good man. Then he immediately continues to act as a con man. A lesson I learned at a very young age.
Product Placement
Last night’s PBS NewsHour featured ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s.
With the Corporation for Public Broadcasting defunded by Trump, PBS is showing its solidarity with another defunded TV show.
JJWild
Oh, no. Jim Wild has died. This news is hitting me hard.
Jim was a computer system integrator who I worked with frequently and closely for 25 years, from 1982 until he sold his company, JJWild, Inc., to Perot Systems in 2007. Although I didn’t work for Jim, I visited his computer lab so often that he had an employee badge made up for me, so I could come and go freely, as needed. (Perot, later acquired by DELL, wasn’t so accommodating.) Jim had a quiet way about him as he pulled resources together from multiple technology companies to make things happen. He was one of those people who never seemed to be in a hurry, and yet everything was done promptly. Jim Wild was a rarity in the business, wanting to please everyone he could and, in every instance I can think of, succeeding.
I enjoyed every one of my countless dealings with Jim, and the feeling seemed to be mutual. The last time I saw him was at a social gathering in August, 2019.
HAWWWK-AAAaaa!
A few weeks ago, a pair of red-tailed hawks took up residence in the neighborhood.
One or both of them can be heard calling throughout the day.
Chipmunks and squirrels beware! Mr. and Mrs. Hawk are here!
Yellen, Not Shouting
A very worthwhile chat with former Fed Chair and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.