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The chance of a lifetime
Inspired Heights work so far.
There is a lovely church on Lake Street in Evanston that has what was once the highest spot in the city, a Celtic cross sitting atop a tall, graceful spire.
If you were around in 1954, you could have watched...
Enjoying the lunacy?
A big old battleship. Probably floating somewhere in Trump’s head.
The huge problem at the White House isn’t going to go away without some heavyweight intervention from Congress. At last check, there were no heavyweights available to addre...
An Anywhere Cat!
This Cat Can Show Up Anywhere...
Ulysses.
I know, I write a lot about the cat. You would, too. It’s not because he is cute. He is not. If that were the case I would just post endless videos of him rolling over and stretching. Quite a sigh...
The Devil’s Bargain: AI and Books
A devil. Or an AI editor
Writing Books and AI. Devil’s Bargain?
I have written scads of books in my time. Collaborating on business books was the most profitable, but also the most difficult. You had to find a way to get the CEO of a big...
Trump's Aircraft Carrier proposal!
The first steam launch from an aircraft carrier. June 1, 1954.
The new Trump Focus: Aircraft Carriers
Let’s redesign aircraft carriers?
This is one of President Trump’s most ridiculous ideas. He believes, for reasons that seem to escape...
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