I said that I like to head for the airport early, in case something goes wrong. Well, Murphy strikes again—with a twist. Got everything packed (Continue Reading)
Words of the Wild Wes
Wondering, Wandering, …
Perspectives
02/15/2018 WGroleau Comments ClosedA boy is dead because doctors in South Africa did not listen to his father, who is a doctor from Ethiopia. A baby is dead (Continue Reading)
Unicode Won’t Work on the Internet?
02/13/2018 WGroleau Comments ClosedI stumbled onto an interesting article claiming Unicode will be a failure. Speaking of Chinese characters: “Among these are Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam. In (Continue Reading)
Experience
02/01/2018 WGroleau Comments ClosedExperience is what allows you to recognize your mistakes when you repeat them.¹ Many are the times I’ve lived out that one. Some examples: “It’s (Continue Reading)
Warning, Will Robinson!
01/29/2018 WGroleau Comments ClosedFacebook would not allow me to post something recently. They said it “contained an unsafe link.” After looking a bit, my hypothesis is that they (Continue Reading)
Numbers don’t lie?
01/24/2018 WGroleau Comments ClosedThey don’t need to lie if you can’t figure out what they mean! A dictionary said that a particular Chinese character used to mean a (Continue Reading)
Can You Help?
12/12/2017 WGroleau Comments ClosedThe person who wrote this is a friend of mine—I can assure you¹ it is not a scam. If you want to contribute to this, (Continue Reading)
Here We Go Again
12/12/2017 WGroleau Comments ClosedA little over a year ago, many of us were upset at Democratic party leadership effectively saying, “We don’t care what our members want, we (Continue Reading)
Stop Enabling Harassment
11/20/2017 WGroleau Comments ClosedEver have your day interrupted by a person or recording trying to sell you something you couldn’t possibly be interested in? Want to help put (Continue Reading)
Hume Settles The Question?
11/19/2017 WGroleau Comments ClosedA miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a (Continue Reading)
Privacy doesn’t exist online.
09/14/2017 WGroleau Comments ClosedLike most of us, I have an electronic address book with lots of addresses and phone numbers. Facebook has been begging me for years to (Continue Reading)
What’s Going On in Cataluña?
09/12/2017 WGroleau Comments ClosedSince I am not a native Spanish-speaker, I probably misunderstood something. I’ve read several different stories, and it seems like they can’t all be true. (Continue Reading)
Ten-day workout
09/07/2017 WGroleau Comments ClosedTen days travels, biking and walking. Much of the walking was forced by the trail conditions: Too steep to pedal up or for the brakes (Continue Reading)
What a racket!
06/28/2017 WGroleau Comments ClosedI just clicked on a travel advertisement and read the detailed description of one of their tours. In fifteen days, you can see a little (Continue Reading)
Confused
05/10/2017 WGroleau Comments ClosedSome things you never get used to. It‘s been over seven years, and I still have dreams in which things are like they used to (Continue Reading)