Woke up the other day and this title just hit me: Unqualified Success. We all know people, some of them famous, who really didn’t deserve their success in life. This would be a collection of such stories. Got any nominations? Has it really been six weeks since I last posted? Sorry. Been working on a Read More …
WHEN you get stuck on a particular project, try thinking like a kid. Not stupid, but “gee whiz.” Wouldn’t it be cool if …. Tried this on one game I’ve been working on, and my inner kid said, “Gee, wouldn’t it be cool if the sharks got twice as big?” Made me laugh. Might work. Read More …
How’s this idea for a new kind of resort? Everything there is straight from the 1950s, when life was simpler, slower, and, OK, maybe phonier and definitely more biased. But permit the better side of the illusion: ’50s music, ’50s TV, dramas on the radio, board games, ’50s books and magazines, ’50s dance classes, ’50s Read More …
“Some people see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say why not?” — Robert F. Kennedy “Some people see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say why bother?” — My cynical side? (Or my side that dreams quotes that Read More …
There’s more to this ‘Secret’ stuff than wishful thinking, I’m finding out. Sorting out your desires is a very tricky thing. Do I love puzzles for their beauty, or to prove to myself I’m smart? How many neurotic desires lurk in us, sabotaging our time and success? Just thinking about what to ask for (even Read More …
For they shall be free.
What’s the most money one set of contestants could win on a single show of Jeopardy? This is using the rules from the regular nighttime show. No bonuses for tournament wins. I’ll post the answer later in the week. (After I double-check my calculations by watching again.) Hint: It’s way more than anyone has won in a single show.
Forget math, verbal and writing skills. Before a college accepts anybody, that person should have to pass a behavioral S.A.T. A couple of recent stories, including a Penn State player accused of rape, and a Rider student who died of a heroid overdose, remind of all the dopey deeds that can mess up college students’ lives. So Read More …
When I was beach bum in California, and lived with the ducks along the Venice canals, I’d hear this buzzing sound at night. It was coming from a nearby house. It sounded like whirring sci-fi equipment, like Dr. Frankstein was turning dead body parts into a movie, stuffed with Igor’s poorly chosen brain. Or like some Read More …
It sure didn’t like my long, spaceless title: Youllneverbelievewhathappenedtometoday.com. Threw the columns out of whack. Fixed now. Not that you care any longer.
The Number Crunchers love all sorts of indexes and ratios when picking stocks. But R&D/price and debt ratios and PEGs only tell part of the story. What about some other measures to treasure? Marketing Multipliers: Gotta have cool designs, great names, famous brands, smiley sultra-models / likeability. Tricky to assess: Sometimes ugly stuff is perceived as cool. Service Smarts: Read More …
YNBWHTMT.com. Or nevrbleve.com. Everyone tells their story. About a wild day. Anyone can submit to this blog. Best are stories are told by the actual experiencer. But, at first, or failing that later, it could post news stories where the main guy might say, “You’ll never believe what happened to me today!” A blog where everyone could post? Another blog Read More …
Holy freakin’ s-bomb. Think about this: When the day comes that machines master language, we’re all ego-doomed. Since anyone can implant a language chip in their brain (or at least in an earpiece), everybody can instantly find the best words. Then nothing will ever again believe that anyone is clever! No, it’s not you, babe, it’s your chip! Worse, Read More …
This probably exists. (Or doesn’t for reasons of rights or costs.) You dress up as your favorite classic TV character — Kramer, Ralph Cramden, Kojak, Lucy, Herman Munster, Marge Simpson, Erica Kane, whoever — and while a famous clip plays without that character on a background screen, you recite those famous lines, become the TV character. Call Read More …
Idea for a novel … maybe. A psychic can see the future, knows the future. Probably a long-range future. But it raises a mystery: How will that finale come to pass? The steps are hidden from the psychic’s view. But she has to figure out the steps, even knowing she can’t change the future. Hmm, Read More …