artificial intelligence

An Interview With The Author

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I thought this would be a good time to check in with you because you have an anniversary coming up. I think it’s number 6.

That’s right. I posted the first column on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. In fact, this is column 158. For the statistically minded, all the columns amount to a total of about 120,000 words.

Have you ever thought you might run out of ideas to write about?

I did at first because I couldn’t estimate or even imagine how many subjects I would write about before having to repeat myself. So far, though, that hasn’t … Read the rest “An Interview With The Author”

A Peek Into Another Happening

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I was having coffee when I noticed the person in the next booth. 

What at first had appeared to be a featureless lump of humanity was actually a Black guy wearing a dark shirt and pants. Pulled up around his neck was the collar of an even darker jacket. 

In front of him in somewhat orderly fashion were several sheets of paper on which were columns of handwritten words and numbers. An already pushed-aside empty soft drink container indicated he had been there a while.

He was scrunched so far down in the seat and leaning so far forward that … Read the rest “A Peek Into Another Happening”