Q & A*
Sean MurphyQuestion: What would you do differently? Answer: Nothing. True answer: Everything. Truest answer: I don’t know. *** If the death of a loved one provides the ultimate answer it also…
Ars Moriendi, Part Three: Ordinary Angels*
Parts One and Two considered the "before" and "during" of end-of-life care (and once again, Bill Keller's piece is recommended reading: check it here), and the final sections of my memoir deal with…
Ars Moriendi, Part Two: Hippocrates and Hypocrites*
Part One considered the "before" of end-of-life care (and once again, Bill Keller's piece is recommended reading: check it here), and this excerpt (from Keller, then me) deals with the…
Ars Moriendi, Part One: The Conversation*
Writing in the New York Times on October 7, Bill Keller's touching essay "How To Die" confirms a regrettably consistent reality regarding end-of-life care (the before, during and after of…
1492 B.C. (Before Columbus)
Little Roy: Dead Man: The Man in Black: Old School:
Adaptation*
Remembering. Everything changes after a baby is born. This is what everyone told her. Her mother had told her everything, but—she would come to understand—there is nothing that can be…
The 30th Anniversary Of A Digital Dinosaur: An Appreciation
Wow, look who turned 30 this week! Our beloved (and/or quaint, prehistoric, irrelevant) CD player was "born" in 1982, right around the time video killed the radio star (allegedly). Pretty interesting…
The Wisdom of Crowds: A Celebration of Humanity via YouTube (Revisited)
Everyone knows YouTube is the best shortcut to favorite, as well as forgotten video clips. And while it is well worth recognizing, and celebrating, the millions of anonymous DJs out…