Journeys through space and time

Amazingly enough if you chip away at a problem long enough – the break through comes when you least expect it – can’t plan for them:)
For 2 months I’ve been confounded by a technical concern – turns out the answer had been screaming at me the whole time – I was looking in the wrong [...]

When the process of change is impeded by the process itself, is change possible?  Is pragmatism an option?
From a pragmatic standpoint the debate on health care reform in the U.S is at odds with itself. The underlying concern is to get 47 million or so uninsured people insured. But if you take the word insurance [...]

18 months ago I read the Bangkok post as Viktor Bout was hauled out of the Sofitel hotel on Silom Rd in Bangkok for allegedly agreeing to sell arms to U.S agents masquerading as FARC members.
Today the Thai court ruled against extradition to the U.S which well they should have. It’s really time the U.S [...]

This weeks Time magazine has a feature on the lack of evidence between going to the Gym and subsequent weight loss  – suggesting that Gym visits can actually work in opposite ways by creating a) hunger b) an internal reward system that results in eating foods with higher caloric content than you might have eaten [...]

For years I’ve been wondering about the stupid, annoying, time-wasting, revenue sneaking tactics of cell phone companies with the ridiculous automated messages before you leave a voice mail – or leave message, or check your messages. Although I never got around to writing about it – here’s a fabulous piece in the NY times covering [...]