Ten years ago I was writing several blogs on various subjects - F1 motor racing, Music, Classic Cars, Great Romances and, most crushingly, a personal journal that included my thoughts on America, memories of England and Africa, opinion, humour, writing and anything else that occurred. It all became too much (I was attempting to update the journal every day) and I collapsed, exhausted and thoroughly disillusioned in the end.
So this blog is indeed a Toe in the Water, a place to document my thoughts in and on WdC but with a determination not to get sucked into the blog whirlpool ever again. Here's hoping.
They say that everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. Apparently, they don't know Bill Gates or Augustus Doricho, the CEO of Rainmaker, Inc . I think weather is something best left to those who ruminate on it while rocking on the veranda, but don't have the hubris to try to fix it.
I agree, foods taste different at different temperatures. In my observations, heat tends to bring out more flavors and cold tends to subdue flavors, as well. Why? So we can enjoy cold pizza.
I also refrain from talking about politics and religion most of the time. I accept and embrace the idea that we all have our own thoughts, beliefs, and opinions, but it seems many others do not accept that, so it's just safer that way!
Ned Jul 15, 2025 at 12:05pm In response to "Politics"
I don't ask because I assume people will disagree with me. Or maybe, I will disagree with them.I guess it depends on which of us is the more disagreeable.
S 🤦 Jul 15, 2025 at 12:03am In response to "AI Again"
"The thing about politeness is that it was designed for interaction between humans." This is the crux of it all. Humans.
For what it's worth, AI is horrid.
- it gives wrong answers (so AI users do not care about understanding)
- it is utilising too many of the world's precious and limited resources (so AI users hate the world)
- it has been proven AI is making people stupider (so AI users are not smart)
We have coped for 10,000 years without AI. Newton, Einstein, Shakespeare, Dylan never needed AI to create and discover. Why do we need it now?
I am old and this latest fall and break will take time to heal. Interestingly, it is the first bone I’ve broken in my long life. And even then, just a crack, a slight fracture easy to mend, or so I’m told by the jovial surgeon who mended it with a plate and and a screw.
It’s true that the hip is functional in amazingly short time. But it’s the attendant issues that complicate things, the dicky heart, the indecisive blood pressure, the dodgy kidneys and diabetes, all conspiring to slow me down and tear me away from these last few years or days of writing my unlikely thoughts for the entertainment of others.
So this is in the nature of an apology for the gap in my outpourings over the preceding couple of weeks and a day or three. I will be back to full strength eventually (I think) but hesitate to predict a date. Just to thank everyone for their kind wishes and patience. I have missed you all.
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