He Rides That Bad Boy Like a Cart in the Target Parking Lot
Johnny Jet is the most intrepid and continual traveler I think I know. Well maybe he can’t beat GoNOMAD stalwart David Rich, who continously wanders the globe. But Johnny is always off somewhere. Here is a passage from his most recent missive about Cologne Germany, when he is walking through […]
I’m Not Yet Fifty, Despite What My Friends Say
Today is my birthday–I am not yet fifty. Most people I know have already hit this milestone, and I laugh because people in the past few days keep asking me how old I am gonna be, then commenting that “I’m not even fifty yet.” Well as my sweetheart likes to […]
Exubera Is Just Too Much for Pfizer Any More
I read in the WSJ today about Jeffrey Kindler, the CEO of Pfizer. They’ve just written off $2.8 billion for a failed spray diabetes drug called Exubera. The reasons behind why it could never make enough money to pay for itself is representative of the way Big Pharma works in […]
The Dual Fuel Car That Solves the Puzzle of Hydrogen
While we were in Barga, we watched three movies, all of which stood out. The last movie was ‘Who Killed the Electric Car?’ that skewered the power companies and GM for giving up on a little car that hundreds, if not thousands, once loved. But they were all squashed and […]
Speaking at UMass Can Be Fun…or Dreadful
I’m just about ready to leave the office to go to UMass and lecture BJ Roche’s ‘Writing for the Web’ class at 1:25 today. I looked all around for the papers I had prepared, and can’t locate them…but the main point I’ll make is how to stand out from the […]
A Homeless Man We All Knew–But Didn’t
Bob Flaherty of the Daily Hampshire Gazette put a name to a face that many of us knew during his time on this earth. That was Scott Sadoski, a red-haired bearded homeless man who died last month. I used to drive by Scott almost daily, he was known for having […]
Schulz, or Schroeder, Was Oblivious to Lucy’s Love
Charles M. Schulz was perhaps the most famous artist in the world. “Sparky,” as he was known throughout his life, was somebody many people thought they knew because they faithfully read his cartoons. A new book called “Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography,” by David Michaelis was reviewed by the Wall […]
Band Day in Amherst with Thousands on the March
Today was band day, and a glorious fall day it was in Amherst. There more than 3500 kids dressed up in 67 different band uniforms performed together at halftime of the UMass football game. Sixty-seven units and the resounding boom of those hundreds of drums must have carried over to […]