I hope that Michael Jackson will find the peace that so eluded him in life, but so far his mortal remains have spent more time commuting on Southern California’s freeways than communing in the afterlife. Yesterday he fought heavy traffic to travel from a morning family meeting at Forest Lawn to a mid-day gathering with … read more →
Digital TV is wonderful, but there is one feature from the age of Analog TV that I will miss – snow. Yes, that warm white hiss that appeared whenever reception was bad, or a station went off the air. Back in the rabbit ear days before cable, snow was an irritating distraction or downright annoyance … read more →
“Beleive?” The financial crisis is generating no end of shifty get-rich-quick schemes, even here in Silicon Valley. But one wonders whether the grifters behind this sign tacked to a telephone pole in Palo Alto really can’t spell, or if they were in such a rush to exploit the gullible that they didn’t have time to … read more →
There is something very strange about the picture below – the cops are hiding behind masks while the prisoner, Mexican Drug Lord Vicente Zambada, stands in calm defiance, showing his face to the cameras. As a forecaster, I look for “inversions” – events that turn the expected upside down – as powerful indicators that a … read more →
The recycling bin at our local waste disposal company. No bin for paperbacks anywhere in sight…