Life, the Universe and Everything
Musings
Random observations on life.
Resistance Is Futile
014 years
by Roger Gibby
in Musings
So here I am on the BART train, typing this blog entry into my smart phone and I am wondering how did I ever get by without one for so long. I had resisted getting one until a couple of months ago, when we needed new phones. I had been afraid that it would be […]
How Did the People I Knew 20 to 30 Years Ago Become So Conservative?
014 years
In the last six months, I have reacquainted myself with people who I knew twenty to thirty years ago and almost all of them are very conservative in politics and thought (whereas, if you haven’t read any of my blogs, I am a very rational liberal, who thrives on scientific knowledge and equality for all […]
Just When I Thought No One Could Be Crazier Than Sarah Palin …
014 years
… there then comes along Christine O’Donnell. What bugs me about people like Sarah Palin and Christine O’Donnell is not that they wear their religion on their sleeves, but that they voice their non-scientific beliefs as if they were truth and science fact as if it were false. O’Donnell, on Bill Maher’s former show “Politically Incorrect,” […]
Choosey Beggars
014 years
by Roger Gibby
in Musings
This past weekend my family and I went into the City to see Molière’s play Scapin. Bill Irwin starred, directed, and adapted the play. You may remember Bill Irwin as Mr. Noodle on Sesame Street, but he was also a star of the Pickle Family Circus and is very accomplished in clowning and physical humor. […]
The Anonymity of the Internet
014 years
A week ago I saw an article about the unabashed racist comments on the Internet that you don’t hear in public conversations. At the start of the article, the author of the piece asks several rhetorical questions, concerning what this means: Is racism on the rise or has the progress in race relations been an illusion? […]
Bonne Journée
014 years
by Roger Gibby
in Musings
The English word “journey” is from the French “journée,” meaning “day’s work.” In French to wish one a “Good Day,” one would say, “Bonne Journée”—to have a good day’s work. I like this idea that each and every day is a journey; a journey of exploring new and interesting things. This isn’t really conveyed in […]